NOS daytona grille anyone ?

[charger_fan_4ever]

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MOPAR-NOS-1969-Daytona-Charger-grill-and-grill-frame-/361169285497?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item54175df179&vxp=mtr

[A383Wing]

wow....now seeing the seller, I understand the price

[FJ5WING]

A lot of people complain about GLs prices. If you want NOS where are you getting it? You cant just pick up the phone and call the parts dept anymore.
At least with GL youre getting real NOS not used or repop stuffed into an NOS parts box.

[Ghoste]

How many other NOS grilles are available right now?  If you contact all of them maybe you could get them in a price war against each other?

[69DAYTONASE]

Never seen a complete grille for sale before, but IMO 2k is a sucker price, I'd say somewhere around $400 would be fair. With all the clone cars being built this will be re-popped at some point soon I would think. Heck, last I knew the screen was available. Maybe why he is dumping it now?

[hemi68charger]

out of my price range.......... 

[Redbird]

I don't have a Daytona, and I don't need a grill.

Someone that needs one, where else is one for sale? Is it a 1K, 1.5K, or 2k part? 2K seems like a lot.

It seems like the Green car on another thread this past week where the owner wants 150K. A seller of parts must look at that and think "all those parts must be worth something? Even if it is just a 100k car, some of the parts are very specific.

I would guess no one will sell it for $400.

Buying an incomplete car needing original parts is an exercise in being upside down.

[66FBCharger]

A lot of people complain about GLs prices. If you want NOS where are you getting it? You cant just pick up the phone and call the parts dept anymore.
At least with GL youre getting real NOS not used or repop stuffed into an NOS parts box.

Who's GL?

[JB400]

GL= Great Lakes

[66FBCharger]

Isn't that the guy with the big tent at Chryslers at Carlisle? He has a ton of NOS. He's not cheap, but if you need it you pay for it.

[69 OUR/TEA]

I've bought a couple things from them , yes ,they are not cheap , but if you want something NOS sometimes you have to pay.
Actually , I think I paid a fair price for an NOS 69 Charger grill (center plastic)beautifull in the orig box for $1,300. The next year they had the outer headlight buckets/extensions 1 NOS , and the other while I'd have to say used because it had a mark on it where there was a clip ,but looked as good and matched up perfectly to the NOS one for $1,200 for the pair .The one I am calling used , looks like it could have ben a take off very early on , who knows ,but dam near can pass for NOS.
So I'm into the whole grill for $2,500 with 2 of the 3 pieces def being NOS.
I must be an NOS Charger grill hoarder ,last year Carlisle bought another NOS center in the orig box again for $1,300.
Also coughed up $1,000 for NOS 70-74 Cuda wheel lip moldings , the repos fit horribly !!!!!.So , just as some say , NOS parts aren't cheap ,where are they to go buy ?

[TUFCAT]

To the right person, at the right time, for the "right car" someone will bite.  Probably not going to bite at the $2K list price....but my guess is most this high priced stuff gets sold off Ebay, through a simple phone call.....just look how much attention he's got from the Ebay post already.

Yes he's fishing, but someone might hit for 1/2 that price - and both could walk way happy. 

[charger_fan_4ever]

Got to wonder how a business selling 40+ yr old parts is still going. Who would think u could stock an inventory of 40 year old nos parts.

[TUFCAT]

Got to wonder how a business in selling 40+ yr old parts is still going. Who would think u could stock an inventory of 40 year old nos parts.

I'll try to answer that...using inflation the calculator tool. http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/

If this grille was bought at the dealer for $35.00 in 1969 (no idea what it cost in '69 so its a guess)....then in 2015, that same grille should cost $225.21 at the same dealership using the inflation tool....  (inflation at 543.5%)

The seller's asking price of $2,000 represents 9X the cost of inflation in 2015 dollars...an investment opportunity worse than the stock market.

Speaking of the stock market,  Dow Jones on January 2, 1969 was $947.73........today its 15X that!  

The further my point, brand new 1969 Dodge Daytona's were being sold for about $4,5000 in 1969. Based on the current rate of "inflation" (543%),  and if automobiles stayed the same, we should be able to buy a new 2015 Daytona for $24,435 today.

However based on stock market performance a "brand new in the wrapper" Dodge Daytona would likely cost us $67,500 at the dealership today (which is nearly in line with a new Hellcat Challenger).  

So just for giggles, this grille (at 9X inflation) would cost $1,710.00....and a brand new, never used, 1969 Dodge Daytona should sell for $219,915 in the year 2015!  

 

       

[odcics2]

And just think, I have an NOS grille and frame and will be putting it on the front of my nose - with rivets, just like it was back in the day!   

[Ghoste]

As it should be. 

[pettybird]

Sweet!  Free Pogo comic!

[odcics2]

As it should be. 

And the studs are clipped off...   

[1RareBird]

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Who the heck would clip the studs off an NOS grille?

[A383Wing]

the studs are there, the nuts are on them

[held1823]

greg is going to cut the studs off of his nos grille to rivet it on the race car, if i'm following along

[odcics2]

greg is going to cut the studs off of his nos grille to rivet it on the race car, if i'm following along

Here's a little teaser photo of the original, taken in summer, 1970...
When you know how a car was, exactly, the only way to restore it is, exactly...   

[Ghoste]

Otherwise it's not a restoration it's a simulation.     (that comment could come back to haunt me)

[Mytur Binsdirti]

At that price, you'll need all three of these.....

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