Hard to Find Restoration Parts

[wish4hemi]

Bumping this old thread back to the top. It's interesting to see what other people's struggles are with their own cars. Seems like there's always one hard-to-find piece that's missing at the end.

 

[gtxno1]

67 GTX full quarters the right thickness and any other assoc parts

 

[drobertson]

71, 72, and 73-4 Charger fenders,
71-4 Charger park lamp housings,
71, 72, and 73-4 Charger taillight housings,
71-4 Charger decklids (steel),
73-4 B body aftermarket subframe connectors,
73-4 B body torque boxes,
Re-pop Engine blocks! That'd be awesome.
New 727 Trans cases,
73-4 Roadrunner hood,
71-2 Roadrunner hood,
71-4 Plymouth decklids,
73-4 Charger and Roadrunner front & rear bumpers,
71-4 B body rallye gauge cluster assemblies,
73-4 Correct leaf springs and rubber isolators,
73-4 Plymouth Roadrunner front & rear valences
71, 72, 73-4 Plymouth taillight buckets
73-4 Charger full AMD quarters,
73-4 Roadrunner full AMD quarters,
Various 71-4 B body door shells would be nice, too.
73-4 Charger hardtop quarter glass (not available new as of now)
73-4 Roadrunner quarter glass
73-4 Charger hardtop interior plastic sail panels... hard to find...
I could go on and on.

 

[Bruzilla]

The problem with this whole equation is the reason some parts are blasted hard to find is because there aren't many people who want to find them. Parts companies are in business to make money, and they make money by selling parts, so if there's a part that will sell, they will make it. If the metrics show a part will sell, but not at a price/quantity that'll make them money, they won't make it.

Another issue, and I hate to mention it, is far too many times, people will beg for stuff, then when you offer it to them they want it for nothing. I've seen this happen with everything from parts to tshirts. When there's none to be had, they'll say they would pay anything to get "X", then when you lay out your money to provide them "X", they say "No... that's too expensive. I'll pass", and you end up with no money but a lot of "X". So you need to make sure whatever you make can be made at a price enough people will actually pay, and there is no simple formula for calculating that.

As for your own needs, I would say the big thing to learn is KEEP LOOKING. You can spend weeks looking for parts on craigslist or ebay and find nothing, then wham... there are dozens of them. Parts are very much a feast & famine buying experience, and you just need to be patient and persistent.

 

[flypaper]

Good Luck!!! with your endeavors!

Hope you got really deep pockets!!!!

yup,
because it is only a dream if you are not super loaded
tooling costs are not cheap...