1971 Polara grille

[polara71]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-Dodge-...odge|Model:Polara&hash=item53ed0291d5&vxp=mtr


Here is a Frank Mitchell special, $400.00 for a NOS grille, no box. Says this is the low line plain version. There was an up grade on the polara grille?


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-Dodge-...Parts_Accessories&hash=item53ece72a48&vxp=mtr


Since I am at it, here is another Frankie special, $600.00 for a NOS fender... I dont think so.

 

[1978 NYB]

That's terrible. He must be selling the stuff...he's still in business.

 

[commando1]

What kills me is that on top of a king's ransom, he has the balls to charge for shipping.

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[polara71]

What kills me is that on top of a king's ransom, he has the balls to charge for shipping.

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I bought from him before, neither time was an issue. That was fifteen years ago I do have reasons to be annoyed with him

 

[1978 NYB]

Maybe we need to start a parts business.........

 

[polara71]

Starting one cant be done now, you'd lose your shirt. Anyone in the Biz has been there for many years

 

[1978 NYB]

Enviromentalists would have a fit.

 

[polara71]

I am just talking NOS

 

[commando1]

I am just talking NOS

Half the so called "NOS" out there are the defective parts taken off and placed into the warranty replacement part's packaging. When an item is replaced under warranty the dealer is required to keep the replaced defective part for x number of days. Usually 90 or more until a zone manager came in and inspected the defective items to insure against fraudulant warranty work. After approval, the dealer could throw them out but many times they were thrown "upstairs" with the rest of the junk.
When dealerships close or finally get a house cleaning, this junk is bought up by old parts guys and called NOS. Ha! Bullpuckey.

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[polara71]

You sure that happened 45 years ago?

 

[1978 NYB]

That would be a bummer......especially with the insane pricing of NOS.

 

[commando1]

You sure that happened 45 years ago?

I worked in the service dept. of a Chevy dealer in '68. Many friends worked at other dealerships. Yep. That was the practice even back then.
Q/C was so terrible, the same cars were in once a week for the first 6 months for this be replaced and that be replaced. Everybody was rushing to get every little item done before the warranty expired. We threw them back into the box and tossed them into "the cage". From the looks of "the cage" when I was there, I bet there were defective parts in there from the fifties.

Except for common items that would normally be on the shelf, I'll bet 75% of the "NOS" stuff acquired from new car dealers are defective parts replaced under warranty. Notice that many of the ads say "some shelf wear". That part was probably delivered with the car that way and the buyer caught it at the time of pickup.

I'll guaranty this was pulled out of a car with a wiring problem they couldn't find:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-NIB-MoP...Parts_Accessories&hash=item3595ce5a56&vxp=mtr

WHY would a dealer keep something like that on the shelf?? They wouldn't. Yes, maybe it was a part that was ordered and never picked up, but....

 

[1978 NYB]

I worked in the service dept. of a Chevy dealer in '68. Many friends worked at other dealerships. Yep. That was the practice even back then.
Q/C was so terrible, the same cars were in once a week for the first 6 months for this be replaced and that be replaced. Everybody was rushing to get every little item done before the warranty expired. We threw them back into the box and tossed them into "the cage". From the looks of "the cage" when I was there, I bet there were defective parts in there from the fifties.

Here's a good bathroom read on Car Warranties...

http://lrbhawaii.info/lrbrpts/70/newcarwars.pdf

I'll post this in a new thread so you won't have to search for it.

 

[polara71]

I worked at a dealer in 83'. We never kept stuff like that. It went back in them damn metal cages and on the truck.

 

[commando1]

I can only speak of GM. Other manufacturers might well have had their own policy.

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[polara71]

This was a small town Chrysler dealership, man did we have parts in them attics. The sheet metal over the body shop was amazing. I bet it all got trashed when they went out

 

[cm23uoc]

They cleaned out their inventory even when in business over here at GM/Opel dealerships and often destroyed it before throwing it away so no one of the employees was "tempted" to save something.

 

[commando1]

The sheet metal over the body shop was amazing. I bet it all got trashed when they went out

Not to worry. Frank was out there dumpster diving...

 

[polara71]

Perhaps.........

I remember doing inventory, dusting the parts off trying to read the part numbers, that was heaven but I didnt know it

 

[cm23uoc]

Can anyone shed some light on a rumor I read or heard somewhere but don't remember the details. It said that Chrysler sold a plant to GM where they entumbed some large basement area where there were supposed to be many NOS body parts left behind. Think it was the Imperial plant. Urban legend ?