73/74 H/O Header Rocket Emblem

[jwsolds]

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[Hurstolds1973]

I need 1 .I ripped the cover off taking wax off from around it carelessly... Joe

[texxas8902]

I just sold one about 3 months ago. NOS in the box, listed on Ebay. All I got for it was $39.:mad:

[76HOProposal]

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[Hurstolds1973]

I wrote to them after your post. This is the response I got:
Joe,

The emblems you are looking for are not being reproduced, I may have them available in the next year or so but reproduction is still up in the air. Try Ron's Classic Cutlass in Indiana (574)583-9763.

Steve
Fusick Automotive

[ROCKETQUEEN-ONE]

Everyone Needs To Start Asking Fusicks For More Parts To Be Reproduced For 73-77 Cars Like Rear 76 77 Cutlass 1/4 Panel Fillers And Nos 76 77 442 Grills

[76HOProposal]

Everyone Needs To Start Asking Fusicks For More Parts To Be Reproduced For 73-77 Cars

This subject came up last night on a phone conversation I had with someone.

It's kind of a "Catch 22".

The cars can't rise to be worth anything substantial.

Because there isn't a supply of replacements in the high wear parts out there.

No supply of parts, no good supply pool of example cars to draw other people in and increase demand for the cars.

If you haven't looked lately, look at what is going on with the 77-79 Pontiac Trans Ams currently as an example.
A clean car was so hard to find a few years ago. When you did find a nice car it went for nothing. A few reproduction parts got made. The nice cars are bringing good money today.(Some of those same parts can be used on our cars) Trans Ams sold well originally. So did our cars.

What can you do?

I think a good place to start is to get a list together of what your particular car needs that you can't locate NOS or used good. Start asking Mike and Dave for those parts every three to six months. When they get enough requests. They keep their eyes and ears open for original examples. (Ask them if they need a good example of the part you want. Friends of mine have supplied them with such parts in the past.) Then they get quotes on reproduction runs. The last step is the hardest. They weigh out market demand for what it cost them to make the parts. Tooling costs are the main killer in determining if a part gets reproduced.

I keep on seeing poor bumper and bumper guard impact moldings out there myself. Just one example of a part we all need for our cars. I used the last known NOS example of the part on my 73 Hurst Olds front bumper. I thought long and hard before using it on that car and not just keeping it for down the road. Even being NOS it really wasn't that great of an example.

An old parts counter man told me something on replacement parts. "The bad ones went into a box. The good ones went down the assembly line" Watch how many times you find that to be true from here on out. Do you think the factory was going to just throw away parts that weren't exactly right? Wrong they put them in a box! Now some poor fool pays how much for that NOS part? LOL Keep this fact in mind when your paying $200 for that 1976-7 442 header emblem purchased sight unseen from that "Very Reputable Seller".

The 68-72 Cutlass reproductions are pretty much done. They might have a little bit of mopping up to do in some parts areas. There is only one logical place to go for them next 73-77 Cutlass. The Pontiac Trans Am crowd is helping them move in our direction.

Just an observation and a thought.

[jwsolds]

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[76HOProposal]

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