Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 16:01:21 -0500
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: parts (was 77-78 gremmie grill)
This is a point I have tried to hammer home since the 1980s. A grill is one of the first things someone, including the owner, looks at when they see the vehicle. A staggering 95% of the parts for every AMC will never be made again. We get lucky and get somethings like intakes, heads, and of course easy shit like stripes, carpets, weatherstrips, but I have tried to hammer the point home many times that sheetmetal, stainless, chrome, glass, grills, lenses, soft and hard interior and exterior moldings, and even drivetrain and suspension parts will never be made again. Not to say with our inguinety (sic) we can't make something work, or fit, as we do, and will continue to do, this is why you see me reference a lot about Cuban Cars and how after 40 yerars of embargos, they still have some great looking and running iron, even if it is a Soviet Lada engine under their hood, who cares, the vehicle is still around!
We could learn a lot from them, I guess. This is a thread recently off the amcforum.net website. Read the letter from NPD Parts, they are just being honest, but some folks don't understand why parts makers won't drop everythign for us AMCers. It is supply and demand!
I hope whoever got that rare 77-78 grill understands the significance of it. $300 is nothing when you consider some of the AAR Cudas will pay $3000+ for a NOS item to make their car that much better! Not for everyone, myself included who is sometimes afflicted with Rambler Mentality, but being a vendor since 83, I have gotten purdee good at knowing what sells, what don't, what to buy and what to pass on....
