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Repro Check Moldings - How Much

Started by limey, May 11, 2006, 06:00:13 PM

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limey

May 11, 2006, 06:00:13 PM
My Charger does not have the rear quarter/sail panel moldings. A bloke has them up on Ebay for $199. THey don't appear to be available from Year One or Charger Specialties. How much would you say is s fair price?


http://www.corsairsoftware.com/Images/ImagesRF/Images5/chrchk_02.jpg

Limey
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity. -- Albert Einstein

mikepmcs

#1
May 11, 2006, 06:02:07 PM
wow, those look nice, i might try to outbid you on them :icon_smile_big:
if they are mint $199 is fair as far as i've seen on there.

kidding i'm far from check moldings.
Life isn't Father Knows Best anymore, it's a kick in the face on a saturday night with a steel toed grip kodiak work boot and a trip to the hospital all bloodied and bashed.....for reconstructive surgery. But, what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger, right?

limey

#2
May 11, 2006, 06:04:42 PM
They do look good don't they?
I think it'll really make the rear quarter view look good.
I have no vinyl roof, so it would break up the paint a bit..
Limey
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity. -- Albert Einstein

mikepmcs

#3
May 11, 2006, 06:06:10 PM
is that the only pic you got of them, i guess i could search but then i'll be tempted.  is it a BIN or do you have to bid on them?
Life isn't Father Knows Best anymore, it's a kick in the face on a saturday night with a steel toed grip kodiak work boot and a trip to the hospital all bloodied and bashed.....for reconstructive surgery. But, what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger, right?

limey

#4
May 11, 2006, 06:10:20 PM
Its a BIN with $10 shipping...sorry mate I would post you the link but it's 00:10 over here and I have to get up in 5hours 50...dammit..
Oh what the hell....I'll find it... hang on.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mopar-New-Check-Moldings-68-69-70-Charger_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ34204QQitemZ4638244959

Go for it mike...I probably couldn't afford the $8billion to ship them over here....
Nick
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity. -- Albert Einstein

mikepmcs

#5
May 11, 2006, 06:14:42 PM
they are repops and i'm in no hurry, i've got other things to fix.  i've done business with that seller before mopar9999(firestone collectibles) they'll have em again for that price.
Life isn't Father Knows Best anymore, it's a kick in the face on a saturday night with a steel toed grip kodiak work boot and a trip to the hospital all bloodied and bashed.....for reconstructive surgery. But, what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger, right?

Just 6T9 CHGR

#6
May 12, 2006, 03:25:51 PM
That is the going rate for them.  I have physically seen/touched these pieces.  Gunslinger Products makes them. They are very high quality & are made well.  Well worth the price IMHO
Chris' '69 Charger R/T

mikepmcs

#7
May 12, 2006, 03:27:37 PM
Quote from: Just 6T9_CHGR.... on May 12, 2006, 03:25:51 PM
That is the going rate for them.  I have physically seen/touched these pieces.  Gunslinger Products makes them. They are very high quality & are made well.  Well worth the price IMHO

thanks for that info, i'm tucking it away for when i'm ready for them.
v/r
Mike
Life isn't Father Knows Best anymore, it's a kick in the face on a saturday night with a steel toed grip kodiak work boot and a trip to the hospital all bloodied and bashed.....for reconstructive surgery. But, what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger, right?

AirborneSilva

#8
May 12, 2006, 07:15:48 PM
Quote from: Just 6T9_CHGR.... on May 12, 2006, 03:25:51 PM
That is the going rate for them.  I have physically seen/touched these pieces.  Gunslinger Products makes them. They are very high quality & are made well.  Well worth the price IMHO

Hey Chris, you don't happen to have a link for Gunslinger Products do you?  I googled them and came up with this but am not sure if they are the same company you are refering to http://www.pistolgrip727.com/

Thanks,
Tony

mikepmcs

#9
May 12, 2006, 07:20:48 PM
that's them, it's just hard to navigate their site. call em with needs. best way
Life isn't Father Knows Best anymore, it's a kick in the face on a saturday night with a steel toed grip kodiak work boot and a trip to the hospital all bloodied and bashed.....for reconstructive surgery. But, what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger, right?

AirborneSilva

#10
May 12, 2006, 07:23:29 PM
Thanks Mike.  Yeah their site is not - well how shall I say - not built for ease of navigation...  Thanks again.

Troy

#11
May 12, 2006, 09:31:59 PM
Quote from: AirborneSilva on May 12, 2006, 07:15:48 PM
Quote from: Just 6T9_CHGR.... on May 12, 2006, 03:25:51 PM
That is the going rate for them.  I have physically seen/touched these pieces.  Gunslinger Products makes them. They are very high quality & are made well.  Well worth the price IMHO

Hey Chris, you don't happen to have a link for Gunslinger Products do you?  I googled them and came up with this but am not sure if they are the same company you are refering to http://www.pistolgrip727.com/

Thanks,
Tony
Yes, that's them.

Quote from: mikepmcs on May 12, 2006, 07:20:48 PM
that's them, it's just hard to navigate their site. call em with needs. best way
Quote from: AirborneSilva on May 12, 2006, 07:23:29 PM
Thanks Mike.  Yeah their site is not - well how shall I say - not built for ease of navigation...  Thanks again.

Hopefully that will be fixed soon. Jason (the owner) just moved to within 45 minutes of me. :D

Troy
Sarcasm detector, that's a real good invention.

bull

#12
May 13, 2006, 10:44:56 PM
Better idea: thank God you don't have them, weld up the holes and paint the roof so it won't rust out under a vinyl moisture trap someday. ;D

limey

#13
May 14, 2006, 10:38:27 AM
Quote from: bull on May 13, 2006, 10:44:56 PM
Better idea: thank God you don't have them, weld up the holes and paint the roof so it won't rust out under a vinyl moisture trap someday. ;D

Hey guys were the check  moldings only available as part of the vinyl roof package? Obviously you couldn't have a vinyl roof without them on the join, but I have seen a stack of them on vinyl delete cars and think they look right? Could you specify the moldings as an option on vinyl roof delete cars? or are all the cars with them on ex vinyl roof cars?
Limey
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity. -- Albert Einstein

Troy

#14
May 14, 2006, 02:08:59 PM
No Limey, you couldn't get just the mouldings without the vinyl top. A lot of people remove the vinyl but leave the trim because it looks pretty good. I don't know that anyone would drill holes in a non-vinyl top car just to add them but you never know. FYI, the factory had to do more work on the hardtop cars so the roof seams are finished differently. On a vinyl top car they didn't bother painting the roof and used crummy filler on the roof seam since the top would cover any imperfections.

Troy
Sarcasm detector, that's a real good invention.

Mike DC

#15
May 14, 2006, 04:01:59 PM
There were a few cars that got built with "painted on" vinyl tops.  (Basically they took a hardtop car, added the trim, and sprayed flat black paint on the roof above the trim instead of adding the vinyl.)  The factory/dealers did this to save money sometimes, but the painted tops actually held up better than the vinyl-covered ones did.  There were never a very large number of cars done like this, though.

Some Hollywood cars (like "General Lee" Chargers from the TV series, the yellow-green DMCL Chargers, etc.) kept the vinyl top trim simply because the builders were getting so many vinyl top Chargers to start with. 

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Most of the cars you see with the trim still in place now are probably vinyl top cars.  The owners sometimes take off the top & paint the roof, but leave the trim on.

 

limey

#16
May 14, 2006, 04:16:19 PM
So..unless whoever repainted mine bothered to remove a vinyl top, smooth over the roof to a higher standard, remove and discard the check moldings, fill the mounting holes and paint over....mine was probably a vinyl roof delete car?
(I have no fender tag or build sheet...  :icon_smile_sad:) ) so its all guess work and probables....
Cheers, Nick
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity. -- Albert Einstein

Mike DC

#17
May 15, 2006, 01:36:50 AM
 
Yeah, probably. 

Although I don't think the car would be "vinyl roof deleted," but rather the optional vinyl roof was not ordered.  Those vinyl tops were popular on Chargers just like a lot of other cars in that era, but a painted steel roof is not exactly rare either.

The easy way to tell is to open the trunklid & look up at the backside of the quarter panel skin.  (The location of the vinyl top trim is well within reach and eyesight once you've gotten your head & shoulders into the trunk.)  If there were once trim holes on the panel that have been filled in at some later date, you should be able to see the evidence of the filling work pretty easily.

 

limey

#18
May 15, 2006, 02:47:55 AM
Quote from: Mike DC (formerly miked) on May 15, 2006, 01:36:50 AM
 
Yeah, probably. 

Although I don't think the car would be "vinyl roof deleted," but rather the optional vinyl roof was not ordered. 
 

Oh right....I thought the vinyl roof was standard..there are so many of them around....
Nick
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity. -- Albert Einstein

smasherofall

#19
May 15, 2006, 02:10:27 PM
my 68 didn't come with a vinyl top, but while sanding in the c-pillar area I found what looks to be pilot holes about 1/16th in diameter in the area where the trim would mount. Did all cars have these?
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