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I read this on another forum and was interested in the thoughts of Fastlane members, they are referring to rear panel sections for HK HT HG I think
Hi people and fellow monaro lovers, I have heard that rare spares is
making/made a rear section for the monaros, as much as some people may
like these sort of events i myself have to ask the questions of,
1.where does it stop? shall our monaro become less valuable because of
places like rare spares wanting to make everything possible to make a
dollar until the whole car is covered with copied parts, as we all
know this has already happened to many cars in America.
2.Does this start to count as rebirthing a car? if they make enough
parts eventually the tags and the old skewl (as my kids say) dudes
like us will be the only genuine part left on the car.
Maybe just some things are best left alone so that rare can mean just
that rare!
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Starting to get a bit rare myself, Im a 61 model and about ready for a resto, the last few years I have started to realise I am made out of #hit parts, #hit materials, having trouble with leaks, lubrication and a bit of rust, hard to start, used to run al
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Starting to get a bit rare myself, Im a 61 model and about ready for a resto, the last few
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Les, I think somebody is over-reacting. There is a big difference between supplying the parts to repair or restore a car & making all the pieces to make an entire car out of new parts.
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68 new mustang fastback body with panels around $US 15,000 this is not a rolling body..
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The missus added a bit to my earlier comment tonight. She said we cant throw a cracker into a letter box and run away anymore.
Sorta sums it up for me. cannon
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It would take ALOT of cash to do that and its a big gamble.It wont happen, I work at a place where we press panels (doors ,bonnets ,boots)for the VE commodore and that cost them alot(to setup a large scale..100 million dollars). So even to set up a small |
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what irks me and if someone can give me an answer that would be great...
why when you reproduce a grille badge (for example) is it necessary to have the original holden part number embossed on it, the same as the original...
it just creates an oppor
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It is probably made with original tooling, does that make it genuine
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What if Holden also sell the part through their dealerships? Using another company as the manufacturing agent? Is it genuine if the original tooling was commissioned by Holden? What if the original tooling was not Holden, but they still sell the part thro |
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ive seen ads for brand new 69 comaro body shells in the states,
if you could buy new hk-hg or hq shells here i for one would be lining up!
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It is probably made with original tooling, does that make it genuine
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Now I am with you I thought you were talking about the plastic grille badges. The manufacturing process of some badges entails us using an original as a pattern to reduce costs and therefore all the details are transferred to the repro.
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Just a sugestion Les. Maybe when using an old badge etc as a template for a mould you could have the numbers off the back removed? just grind them off or fill them in?
this may help some people try and tak advantate of passing some repro items off as |
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Id rather see a bitsa holden alive then see it become land fill or melted only to end up a jap car because it made it to the too hard basket.Just because it had too much rust here or too much damage there.10 years ago you could go to the wreckers and see
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I know of 5 HQ coupes that over the past 15 years have gone to scrap due to excessive rust or bad panel shop repairs in the rear 1/4s, I dont think you need to reproduce the whole car to increase the restorable viability of some cars from 50% or less, jus |
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Hi,
Very well put Monaro202, The important issue is that a part, any part, must fit just like the one being replaced. It is well known that almost all RS parts for Monaros are less than satisfactory. The country of origin is the last thing you care abo
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