NOS "R" series grill

A friend of mine is here from Vancouver. He's restoring a 71 Barracuda. He paid $1200 for a plastic repop grill. Said NOS original would probably fetch $5-6000.

Time for us to stop b:tchin' about how much parts cost- and vehicles too. Owners would rather send them to the crusher than put up with our dickering. And that makes the stuff even scarcer!

exactly, as I posted earlier, my buddy deals in Chebbie/GMC truck 1935-1946, he can get $600 for a beat up rear fender, and $1200 for a really nice one, not NOS, really nice.

try asking $150 for a near perfect IHC fender and hold your ears for the cussing out you will get,

I would have gone much higher if I did not have a really good NOS R grill in the basement. This is the new reality in any automobile hobby. Anything above a rattle-can-restoration is going to cost a lot.