AMD - List of MoPar parts being discontinued. BUY IT NOW.....

[odcics2]

http://www.autometaldirect.com/page/discontinued-mopar.html

[5wndwcpe]

Holy crap that's a HUGE list !

[Nacho-RT74]

guess what? maybe will be sold now that are logically affordable ( NOT ANYMORE OVERPRICED per I had seen on another thread with lowered prices... you know... the "profit" ), then is the end for us to have options... will go back to flat metal sheets

[birdsandbees]

All 1/2 price on existing stock by the looks of things.. an opportunity for someone to buy it all up!

[MoparMike68]

http://www.autometaldirect.com/page/discontinued-mopar.html

Thanks for the news this is awful 

[gtx6970]

Only I might have consider picking up is the dual post mirror for the early B bodies.


link says out of stock

[birdsandbees]

All items now back to FULL price after making mucho room on their shelves this morning! 

[Nacho-RT74]

More about "profit"

Which it means wasn't true the story about there wasn't enough customers so need to get the profit on small ammount of pieces, but what it was wrong was the price to reach MORE customers and get the right profit

[birdsandbees]

Clearing out the shelf space to make room for the Chevy parts they make and sell in much larger quantity!

[tan top]

  why !  surly  the company who stamps  them is not going to scrap the dies / tooling for these products , yes I can understand these parts could well be slow movers in their stock inventoy etc monies tied up   & more cost effective to have a pile of parts that are more in demand on the shelves , so why don't AMD just offer these parts as none stock make / stamp to order instead of loosing them for good.

[Mike DC]

  
Yeah, I really hope they don't scrap the tooling.  They could still make shorter runs of the parts periodically.  Or maybe sell the tooling off to somebody else.  


Looks like they are stopping pretty much all the quarter panel "skins".  Even the most popular cars/years.   

[ht4spd307]

why stop making charger 1/4 panels they would be the biggest seller you would think 

[Nacho-RT74]

why stop making charger 1/4 panels they would be the biggest seller you would think 

Because at the price Mopar parts reproducers sell, not any healthy mind  and wallet will be able or will be agreed to afford them. You know, the "profit" of manufacturers and sellers.

But GM and Ford Owners can rebuilt their cars on allmost half of the cost.

As mentioned before, they want the instant profit, not the long therm.

Yes, this is a continuous rant.

[ht4spd307]

why stop making charger 1/4 panels they would be the biggest seller you would think 

Because at the price Mopar parts reproducers sell, not any healthy mind  and wallet will be able or will be agreed to afford them. You know, the "profit" of manufacturers and sellers.

But GM and Ford Owners can rebuilt their cars on allmost half of the cost.

As mentioned before, they want the instant profit, not the long therm.

Yes, this is a continuous rant. 



I understand the profit line but the tooling is there now.That would have been the biggest cost but why back out now after all that outlay

[Nacho-RT74]

Yes, but I meant, part of the reasons the sellers/manufacturers apply ( and incredible supported by several Mopar owners ) for the higher prices on reproduction Mopar parts, is the low quantity would be sold, so they have to guarantee their profit. Now if they got part of their stock reduced in just one morning at the special price they offered it means is not true there are not enough customers who wants to buy parts, but simply they are overpriced, so we end patching with home made patches instead get the reproduced part.

[Mike DC]

   

why stop making charger 1/4 panels they would be the biggest seller you would think  shruggy

They don't list the "full" 1/4 panels on the discontinued list.  Just the "skins" that go up to the gas cap area. 

[chargervert]

72 Charger full quarter panels are on the list to be discontinued.

[Hard Charger]

Could it be that some sku's are being discontinued due to a improved or different version.

[birdsandbees]

No, they're just tossing the most unprofitable items first... more to follow I'm sure!

[Hard Charger]

Every 2nd gen and e-body that people come across is getting repaired. Thats a lot of panels that will be needed.

3rd gen and the A-bodies are starting to heat up because of there affordability and availability. I just bought  some Demon panels a year ago and i had to wait for AMD to produce them to replenish their stock.

[birdsandbees]

We all know "OF" the need, but it's not even foreplay compared to the chevy and ford world.

[tan top]

Been thinking about this ! & I maybe way off  in my thinking   ,  & you guys might be thinking what i'm about to say has got to do with AMD discontinuing none popular repop metal for our cars.  i'm guessing there are a lot of guys noticed this as well as me, every where  you seem to read in forsale ads  guys talking at shows  on internet HOW much my car is worth , how  much money ive got in the restoration how much its worth when restored ! .  more so over the last few years when a car needs total restoration ! unless its a  hemi , R/T  V code  XX29 ... rare optioned something or other Charger ( which in my opinion they are all way way over priced anyway), its going to cost more than the current market value etc , which is true because if you can not do the work your self its  mega expensive to get a half decent restoration job done correctly, which leads me into thinking since when has the market value started stopping someone rebuilding their dream car. if your finances only allow monies to be spent over a period of time ! not every one is in this hobby for the money value of these cars , some guys would still spend far too much dough on them even if they was worth $500 me included.        
                     (no offence to car dealers , collectors etc that are ! good luck to you all & it is money that makes the world go round after all )  
 yes you can prolly buy one already done but for many many  restored / partly restored cars for sale that have had a perfume pig / BK special job especially second generation chargers, the quality is really poor & need stripping down an starting again imo , yes not much of a biggie for  a 20k charger, but look at that red 70 charger 500 the other week 70k  with the crappy installed torsion cross member amongst other things . at least you know the quality the work going into it by doing it or getting a known resto shop to restore it.  think ive gone off track a bit but think its relative to this thread  ,
the point i'm trying to make is  from the vibe I've picked up on seems  if a charger is NOT a HEMI  V code  XX29  R/T 440 four speed or some other high or unusual / rare optioned charger its not worth restoring if its rotted . & only  R , J , V , & XX29 chargers or heavily / rare  optioned & or U, L codes & 440 four speed &  68 383 four speeds also matching numbers ! are worth restoring because the market value dictates they are.
 & those model chargers ive mentioned that are considered worth restoring more often than not the owners pay a resto shop to have them restored & prolly going to use full AMD or NOS quarters,    notice all the AMD  parts that are being discontinued none would be used on the higher market value  a B / E body  J , R , U , V , L code or XX29 , R/T cars although may be one or two minor parts can be.
   for most if not all car guys they see a rotted out  muscle car & think what a shame needs to be saved its cost involved & if its not a high dollar model mentioned above it seems to be frowned upon by many saying its more money than its market value , your crazy taking on that project with the cost of getting a car restored , i hate to say it i think its looking like  lesser models will become parts cars only, &  if you wanted to say build a 67 & 72  charger or A / E body AMD have just made it a bit more complicated by discontinuing lower market value mopar car parts. & it could well be like going back to the 80s for mopar sheet metal for some models , the guy on a budget restoring or doing the metal work at home on XP / XH Charger can no longer buy rear quarter skins & knowing how popular second generation chargers are that's just ridiculous . yes i know AMD is not the only company but ...

im sure everyone wants to thank AMD for doing this   no doubt they will be streamlining more of their inventory soon

[hemi-hampton]

Nowadays you got totally wasted, toasted, junk, rust bucket, only half there parts cars that people are now trying to restore. I junked much nicer cars for $50 back in the 80's. These cars should stay a parts car. unless some one has lots of time & patience to do all the work or most of the work themselves & don't mind it. Like the one guy in here that's got like 10 years & 10,000 hours on his car & he's still only half done with the body work. LEON.

[AKcharger]

I didn't expect this to happen so soon, I thought with the economy demand would be high. Perhaps the muscle car supply/demand has started to shift.

[Mike DC]

    

I didn't expect this to happen so soon, I thought with the economy demand would be high. Perhaps the muscle car supply/demand has started to shift.

The economy is not doing shit for most of the public.  It hasn't for decades.