Hi I've got a lx nos taillight panel that has never been fitted to a car before and is in top condition and was thinking of getting a few fabricated to sell as noone that I know of sells then yet and they are commonly rusted on toranas
Any ideas of where to start ? Companies that may do this ?
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, Mar 18 2012 11:20 PM
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Posted 19 March 2012 - 09:10 PM
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Posted 20 March 2012 - 03:34 PM
Not much luck anywhere
There would be companies around that should capable of manufacturing the rear panels but if you want to have exclusive rights over the tooling and the new panels then you would have to bear the full cost of the tooling and production. I don't know how much the tooling would cost be but I'm willing to bet it would be somewhere in the tens of thousands $$$$ (and that may be understating it) if made in Australia.
You would probably need to look at an initial production run of at least 500 to 1,000 panels to bring a competitively priced product to market.
More than likely the mob that are making the new repro LC/LJ panels will move onto LH/LX panels sometime in the future.
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Posted 20 March 2012 - 05:16 PM
I think he's talking about the rear tail light bucket which is just a pressed mould. I wouldn't imagine the tooling would be that expensive. I mean hell if Retro Rods can find the time and resources to do a mould for the LH-LX-UC boot, I think they would find some time to make a mould for the buckets.
Pictures would be the go however.
Pictures would be the go however.
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Posted 20 March 2012 - 05:32 PM
It's a complete panel from taillight to taillight .
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Posted 20 March 2012 - 06:27 PM
Huh. Well that's different. Got any Pictures?
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Posted 20 March 2012 - 07:25 PM
I wouldn't imagine the tooling would be that expensive. I mean hell if Retro Rods can find the time and resources to do a mould for the LH-LX-UC boot, I think they would find some time to make a mould for the buckets.
Pictures would be the go however.
Making the tooling to press a boot floor would be complicated but probably not as expensive because the finish of the pressed panel doesn't need to be perfect, although I'm sure most restorers would prefer all repro panels to be perfect copies of original panels.
A lot more detail would have to be put into making the tooling for an exterior body panel so the cost would be higher.
Nobody is going to want to pay good dollars for exterior body panels that have flaws, well I wouldn't unless I was desperate.
Just look at the quality of some rust replacement panels on the market. I have seen many that it's quite obvious the tooling has been made on the cheap, the repair panel looks cheap and /or requires rework to make it fit and then lots of bog to finish it off.
That said there are high quality repair panels on the market that may only need minor rework, if any, to achieve a good repair.
A company like Retro Rods might make their own tooling in house so I'm guessing the cost will be lower as they are doing it to benefit themselves.
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Posted 20 March 2012 - 11:20 PM
I'll email someone the picture to post up if they would be kind enough as I can't post it off my phone and my Computer isn't working
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Posted 21 March 2012 - 01:05 AM
I reckon rowe and sons in w.a. could make that hell they have made hk monaro rear quarter panels from scratch
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Posted 21 March 2012 - 01:22 AM
They are easy... dirtbag did it
That rear panel isn't popular anymore... the tail light buckets are though due to rust
I bought some buckets and rear sections off Paul a couple of years back
That rear panel isn't popular anymore... the tail light buckets are though due to rust
I bought some buckets and rear sections off Paul a couple of years back
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Posted 21 March 2012 - 07:29 AM
They are easy... dirtbag did it
That rear panel isn't popular anymore... the tail light buckets are though due to rust
I bought some buckets and rear sections off Paul a couple of years back
Did he fabricate them or were they cut from a car ?
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Posted 21 March 2012 - 09:11 AM
Fabricated
He had a thread on them with pics too
user name "its Paul"
Thread title was along the lines of "new panels"
He had a thread on them with pics too
user name "its Paul"
Thread title was along the lines of "new panels"
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Posted 21 March 2012 - 05:29 PM
Dont listen to Datto, hes having a lend of ya, theres no such person.
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