if you needed anything that was impossible to find??

[tobyp]

What would it be??

Guys, no Bull $hit, I have two cars going over to be repo'd and I can make anything. I am "all in" on my career reputation to make this a hit for all of us enthusiasts. Is it suspension, needed sheetmetal, engine parts, etc, what is it??

I'm not in it for the $ I have one of these cars as well. I need to know your 2 cents as well.

 

[G-Body_Vet]

A job????

But seriously, it's hard to say not knowing what's already out there. Is anyone reproducing quarters, fenders or door skins yet? When my '87 Aero got totalled back around 2000, the driver's quarter was already discontinued. How about turbo Regal hoods? The 78-80 parts are harder to find, but at the same time the demand for it isn't as large either. The '80 Regal and Cutlass have one year only front ends. The 78-80 Salon and Century coupes are rare, but we're back to the demand again. The '87/88 Cutlass grilles are a hot item too.

-One thing I'd really like to see is some over sized factory wheels with the correct backspacing for our cars. I've seen a lot of the stuff Year One offers but they focus on the A-body & F-body crowd. I really like their 17" cast Rally II's, Snowflakes & Honeycombs but they only offer a 17x9 with 5" backspace. They do have 17" N90's for the Montes and they look great on them.

A reasonably priced 17" or 18" Buick, Olds or Pontiac rally wheel would be nice. I know there's billet stuff out there but I wouldn't spend $800/wheel either.

-What's available to bring our ginormous a/c boxes up to recent standards and trim some bulk? Not everyone wants to delete their a/c but that cumbersome box is just in the way.

-How about the t-type, GN or diesel pedal assembly used for hydro boost conversions?

-An available steering shaft adapter for the '78 steering shaft. Every year after '79 can utilize the jeep shafts and ditch the rag joint. The' 78's can't.

I'm sure I can think off some more things eventually.

 

[85GPLef41]

good job with the list G-body_Vet!! but any parts for 78-87 Gp's would work great! I have a 85 that had the drivers side quarter crunched a bit...I had a body guy do work on it but it's still not the same, my only other choice is to replace the quarter. Though it would be a job for a pro it would be nice to have the parts available. As for any other G body i think any chrome trim ie: grilles, headlight buckets, tailights, moldings, rocker trim, window trim etc etc would be great! That and interior panels as most are sun baked and for us who who want to change colors, we are stuck painting them the desired colors.

 

[G-Body_Vet]

That and interior panels as most are sun baked and for us who who want to change colors, we are stuck painting them the desired colors.

Any tan or red plastics are the worst. That funky red color always turn some shade of pink and I won't touch a car with that interior! All of the Malibus I've seen with tan interior usually look pretty bad/brittle & scratched up.

What about console doors? Anyone making those yet? Dash bezels would be another good one, plenty of cracked and broken ones out there.

 

[78MC-BBC]

a headliner board for a factory sunroof 78-80 Monte Carlo.
the 81-88's don't exactly work because they do not have the locations for the upper seat belt mount in the headliner like the 78-80's do

 

[crazyliver]

The caps that cover the door pull screws are impossible to find. They are tapered and rounded. I have seen them on more than the grand prixs too.

 

[MonteCarloSS]

X2 on the job!!
We need Steel replacement trunk lids for monte carlo,etc
Full replacement dash all makes
Just what I can think of right now.

 

[Highwood Malibu]

Grill replacements, for 1980 Malibu/El Camino, headlight bezels too. Tail lights for Malibu's. Cluster replacements. Trunks.

 

[bill]

Well...the bucket seat chrome covers for the cutlass' are rare and expensive. Also, the consoles get real brittle with age and are almost impossible to remove without breakage. Just my .02

 

[GhettoRacingKid]

quarter panel panels and other body panels for a 78-80 Monte