what do YOU want to see reproduced??? as in...

pretty sure the aussie xp falcon bumpers are the same

 

I AGREE WITH MORE REDHEADS...AND THESE...

 

1933-34 chevy coupes, 3w and 5w, in steel with filled roof and unchopped..................................For freakin free~~~~

 

Hey, I know

a conversion kit that makes a GM saginaw steering box into a cowl mount deal like a schroeder! I have the freakin box, gimmee the kit!

 

Oh yeah,

Either clone this woman, or just let me reproduce with her.

 

ANY

Mopar turbine pieces...
but sadly I wax philosophical ...

 

Early style blower drives...Cragar, Pete's Engineering or a Weiand swing arm front cover with the right pulleys, Goodyear Blue Streak slicks, B&M series 60 shifters but maybe as a ratchet version and afb's with the original finish.

 

Edmunds multi carb setups for 320 buick inline 8s

 

Someone should stamp floorpans that will fit 55-57 GMs that have provisions to go in both Chevy and Pontiac or Buick and Olds. Or all of them with seperate kick boards.

I know a guy who said he paid $300 for a pair of vintage repop '49-'51 Merc rocker panels - and that was quite some time ago. I have the pair in my garage, they came with a car I bought for a buddy and the guy who sold it didn't want me to leave them loose in the car.

 

I'm sure it's been said, but didn't read all the pages, but I still find it hard to believe no one has tapped into the 45 fin Buick FRONT drum market. A lot of the stuff out there is out of spec, or close to it, or broken fins, etc. Seems to me you couldn't keep them on the shelf if done right.

 

I wish someone made upper cowl patches for a 30 - 31 model a they all make lowers.

 

26-7 T coupe doors!
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28-29 and 30-31 Model A Tudor steel bodies.

 

"I'm sure it's been said, but didn't read all the pages, but I still find it hard to believe no one has tapped into the 45 fin Buick FRONT drum market. A lot of the stuff out there is out of spec, or close to it, or broken fins, etc. Seems to me you couldn't keep them on the shelf if done right."

Saw some at the Big 3 in the FAST booth that were covers to go over stock Ford drums. I have backing plate covers designed to match the Buick drums.

 

I think a good point to make is that the manufacturer's will need to have a good sample to make these items from. A couple years ago, we were looking for a rubber piece for the rear window divider for a 2 door tri five wagon. None to be had, no reproductions, no NOS anywhere. Three on the car were dry rotted, cracked, and flared, but I did have one that was still in good condition for using as a sample. I contacted Steele Rubber's product development dept about making them, indicating I had a good sample. I sent pictures via email to show where the part went, and I'm sure it helped out that it did fit all three years, to broaden his target market. I did need to send them one of the window dividers as well, so they could get acurate measurements. As their schedule permitted, they did fit this in, and the part was on the market about three months after our initial contact. What was once an obsolete part is now readily available.







So if you do have good cores of any of the "wanted" items listed earlier in the post, try making a few phone calls to see if any of the parts manufacturers or suppliers can fit it into their production line. It's less likely to happen unless you help it along.

 

personally, i'd say nothing. once any part is mass reproduced it suddenly appears on the next 5000 cars built. sure there are plenty of original parts i'd like to come across but either can't find or can't afford so i'm forced to fabricate or use something else. we all build our dream cars to be unique but if we all use the same readily available repo parts, all our cars would be the same. look at any street rodding event. why does everyone own a red '32 three window? because you can build one thru the mail. are '32 great cars? sure, but do i need to see 100 the same at every event? now i'm not talking about the home built with what you have or can make, i'm talking about the cookie cutters made from 100% repo parts. the more parts that get repo'd the more the same cars become. this is not intended to insult anyone, just a fact. it's been happening in street rodding for 25 years already.

 

Crager's complete line of blower manifolds for odd-ball engines...

Start with the one for a Nailhead.

I couldn't imagine the ammount of work that would take but that's what I'd like to see again.

 

Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Repops cheapen the originals and take away from "I wish I had one like it". Imagine going to a show and seeing row after row of deuces with only one or two originals? It'd be about as much fun as looking at row after row of '65-'66 mustangs.... And those originals would likely be devalued to little more than the repops. It's a supply & demand thing. We have to keep in mind, if there's high enough demand to get someone's attention to consider a repop, they're gonna make sure they supply enough to make a few $$$ off it - or price them so high to be cost prohibitive to many. 'course there might be a coupla things from my youth I wouldn't mind repoppin though . . . . . . . .

 

from 2000 to 2004 lots of bser's no buyers

 

35-39 & 40/41 Ford sedan delivery body
Superior makes 37/38 Chevy delivery but looks sort of deformed.

 

SO, are they left and right like originals? Or maybe they made them so you could flip the lenses and doors and use on either side?

 

No one should EVER release their ownership of brand names, logos, etc, without substantial payment in advance. NOT EVER, it is part of your family history and rodding/racing history and has worth, plenty of it.
And if anyone rips it off and makes such pieces and parts without permission then a nice trip to the courthouse would be in order, along with confiscation of all goods produced, and payment for all goods sold as well.

 

Not trying to hijack here...
Great thread, lost of ideas for myself. We do alot of lower volume parts, all made in Detroit. We are always looking for a new product, or to develop a product for someone else. If you need it made, let me know and we will find out the best way of going about it.
There are some low volume stampers out there and some prototype molders that can achieve a very nice part with a small investment.

Mark

 

The 30-31 AA Trucks had plain steel radiator shells. They are slightly thicker(toward the front) than the passenger car/pickup shells and don't have the widow's peak on the lower edge of the upper panel which carries the Ford emblem. They can be had at many swap meets throughout the country and damn nice ones many times for less than passenger car/pickup shell prices.

See my post about reproduction parts in this thread for your answer to this question about making new parts.

 

The most obvious thing I can think of would be '32 rails stamped to be Model A ready, flat top and pinched. Would take some engineering to get them right, but I think they would sell like hotcakes if done right.

Next would be a top shift transmission w/overdrive designed to be a direct fit replacement for early Ford V8s. Expensive, yes, but considering the current cost of building a good original transmission and adding an overdrive unit, I think the market could bear the cost.

 

yeah cast hemi intakes

 

What about those rare parts hoarders that have the addiction to buy, thinking they'll use, then it sits on a shelf or in the yard for eternity?

 

If no one made any new old parts the "traditional" part of the hobby would frustrate a lot of people, lose it's appeal over time and eventually become extinct. It may have even already happened if nobody had done it before now. I'm just sayin'.

 

How about when great products come out and are copied/outsourced and constructed far more crudely very quickly by a bigger entity such as Speedway Motors? Seems to be kinda cost prohibitive when the new part is copied and undercut vastly pricewise. Example be the new 97 Strombergs that came on the market a little while back and speedway is copying them undercutting the ones made in the UK with Chinese knock-offs. The Demon 98s also play on the stromberg craze except cost more then the repop strombergs.

What I would like to see as far as parts would be a well priced 5 on 5 1/2 drum brake set up that bolts onto model A spindles or 37-48 spindles without having to scrounge off another old ford. They also need to fit 1928-1940 wheels centers.

 

....an 18 year old Bridget Bardot, tre retro tre chic