I went with my Chevy lovin' uncle to the Super Chevy Show at the Atlanta Dragway today. I could not believe how fully GM is behind the restoration hobby. Not only are there lots of vendors licensed to use GM in the names, producing new parts for almost everything, but GM itself has a line of "Restoration Parts." You can buy body parts, trim parts, etc. from your Chevy dealer for your '66 Chevy II - not just Camaros and Chevelles - but every model. Ford has its lawyers forcing vendors like Obsolete Ford Parts to stop using Ford in its name. Unless you are restoring a Mustang, pick-up truck (mostly '50s models), and early T-Birds, you can't hardly get any reproduction parts of any kind. It is almost like GM is saying, "Here is a whole bunch of potential customers if we provide a product," while Ford is saying, "Why can't these people just buy the new products we are offering now." Off my chest - thanks.
I must agree, my friend just purchased a 63 Chevy II (nova). There are so many parts for the car you could build one from a catalog! I think the only sheet metal you cant get is the roof...dam I guess i'd be forced to build a convertable. I went to the good guys car show on saturday, at the swap meet there was only a few ford sellers and hundreds of chevy sellers also inside the show there were several chevy vendors and some very cool Nova specific parts. Nothing for the ford unless you want a '32 Ford in fiberglass.
Well I can't blame you for being upset, restoration parts are getting very hard to find and now Ford is making it even harder. What can we do to make Ford see the "light"? They know that there is thousands of people just in this country alone trying to rebuild old Ford and Mercury products. So much for the better idea. As always just my .02 Bossmav
maybe there is a light at the end of the tunnel. This month's mustang and fords has an article stating that ford has reached an agrrement with licensees, members of the automotive restoration marketing association, for use of ford trademarks on reproduction parts.
