Good to hear that you're starting to make progress! I found that Classic Industries aren't very good when it comes to shipping - they are the only supplier i know of that does repro foam for the rear seats but they wanted $400 for shipping, double the cost of the foam. Add on VAT and customs, no thanks
. I've got some big parts that need to come over at some point, so Steve is waiting for my order, glad to hear everyone is having a good experience with him.
I've used NPD a lot and can highly recommend them, even went to their warehouse in L.A once. They are usually my go to resource as they have a very good inventory system and pride themselves on always having stock. They stock a lot of genuine GM parts as well as aftermarket and even have a huge collection of classic cars at their Ocala shop. Often you'll see in the catalog a part and then 2 prices, one for repro and one for GM. Anything marked as repro is usually by OER. There's only a small handful of repro manufacturers, places like NPD, Classic Indusries, Summit etc. all buy from the same suppliers, so you end up getting the same stuff, so you can be comfortable that the quality will be consistent among them. It's the same with panels, the owner of NPD had a rant once on a forum about people complaining about different repro panels and recommending one over the over - he explaining how there are only 2 (or 3) "manufacturers" but the panels all come from the same factory and then are labelled differently on the production line for a different "manufacturer" (read as bulk buyer) i.e Goodmark.
You did the right thing asking for parts here first, there's always random parts somewhere in someones garage / shed, so it's definitely worth posting a list of parts needed. Back in the day you will probably have gotten what you needed pretty quick, things seemed to have changed in past years so you either end up waiting a long while, or have to turn to the U.S nowadays. Definitely a shame as it makes the hobby more expensive and time consuming. In a way, the nice thing is that it means the repro market is growing, making it easier and more affordable to get hold of parts. Plus it's nicer to be able to install a new part, than spend time cleaning and refurbishing a part which after a while can suck the life out of a project.
Have you got any picks of your car? Sounds like you are about to start an interesting project
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