Found a company on-line

[thebankerstoy]

called Metro Parts Company that makes some VERY hard to find parts for A, B and E-Body cars. You might want to check them out if you haven't already.

Richard

http://www.metropartscompany.com/shop/Scripts/default.asp

 

[cr8crshr]

And...

Very limited in their offerings but nice stuff.....

 

[eagleone1983]

Cool, I have one of the few Roadrunners that actually came with the rocker mouldings and they have them way cheaper than Yearone...Nice find.

 

[Pistol Pete]

Cool, I have one of the few Roadrunners that actually came with the rocker mouldings and they have them way cheaper than Yearone...Nice find.

As long as they fit.....

I'm just sayin'

 

[69 Runner]

Hope so. I have one of those cars too...........................at least for the time being I do

 

[thebankerstoy]

I haven't personally purchased anything from them yet, but I have heard that the folks who have, have been very happy with the quality of their parts. I contacted them because of the 1967 Coronet hood lip front molding and attaching hardware kit that they currently offer, to see if they are going to offer the same parts for the 66 model year Coronets and they said that they WILL be making it and hope to be releasing it this coming fall, so I will be buying one of the moldings and a hardware kit from them for my 66 Coronet 500 as soon as they are available. I'm a BIG fan of ANY company that reproduces parts for the 66-67 B-Body cars!

Richard

 

[rolling_Thunder]

I'm a BIG fan of ANY company that reproduces parts for the 66-67 B-Body cars!

Richard

Tell me about it - I'm waiting for ANYONE to make the fender top trim for 66 Satellites... I've been looking for a driver's fender molding for about a year now with no luck

 

[thebankerstoy]

Tell me about it - I'm waiting for ANYONE to make the fender top trim for 66 Satellites... I've been looking for a driver's fender molding for about a year now with no luck

Yep, I feel your pain my friend! The aftermarket folks haven't shown us 66-67 B-Body owners much love yet, but they are starting to make a few nice parts for the 66-67 Chargers and a few other parts for the rest of us, so we just have to keep asking them nicely to consider reproducing more badly needed parts for our cars. I've talked at length to several of the companies who are reproducing parts for the Mopar enthusiast's and they keep telling me that they believe that there isn't much interest out there to make parts for our 66-67 B-Body cars, because when they have offered parts, sales have been slow. My standard answer to them is, please start making the parts that we are asking for on a regular basis, rather than a few parts that they think we might want. They are also afraid to reproduce "one year only" parts for our cars for the same reason, but do so on a regular basis for 68-70 B-Body and 70-71 E-Body cars. :yes:

I have to admit to you, if I didn't love my 66 Coronet 500 so much, I'd sell it and look for a 68-70 B-Body Dodge or Plymouth, as it would be SOOO much easier to find parts. I'm just to damn stubborn to give up on my 66 though, so I'll keep fighting to get parts made!

Richard

 

[rolling_Thunder]

Tell me about it man... my 68 charger.... If i need a part it is 90% of the time listed on E-bay at that time... my 66 Satty is only missing ONE part... which is the aformentioned trim piece... everything else there is Complete and in tact... ugh... one part and soo much grief to follow.... its just not fair...

 

[thebankerstoy]

Your fender top trim and my defroster duct vent nozzles! It's also frustrating when parts are produced for one model and not others in the same model line. For example, they are reproducing the beck-up light lenses and housings for the 1966 Coronet 440 models, but they won't reproduce the back-up light lenses for the 66 Coronet 500 models, which have a slightly different lens that fits into the trunk lid finish trim plate instead of separate housings like the 440 models have! :banghead: The tiny difference in the two lenses? The 440 lens has two square ends and two SLIGHTLY rounded ends and the 500's have four squared ends to fit into the finish plate, so they are not interchangeable! I don't know who I'm more frustrated with, Chrysler for making parts like that which don't interchange, or the aftermarket folks who refuse to take care of the ENTIRE model line of models that they are making parts for! :rant::frustrated:

Rant over and out!

Richard

 

[66_B_Body4ever]

Hey Bankers toy I can rebuild your defroster ducts, I have done mine with a good result. Not oe looking but quite functional! Thanks for the constant updates on your findings. It would be a great idea to have a category thread that allows us to post suppliers, watch think Mr. Runner?

My 66 Belvy is in the same category, nary an aftermarket part available, but some guys are starting to cough up some bits and pieces. I can now get rear tail light bezels, just need the lenses.

 

[thebankerstoy]

Thank you very much for your offer to repair my defroster duct vent nozzles and if I fail to find some undamaged used ones soon, I'm going to be contacting you my friend. Right now, my friend Mike Ross at B/E&A has all of my damaged parts to see what he can do with them, but if he doesn't have the time to repair them, I'll have him ship them back to me and go from there.

As far as your idea to start a thread to list 1966-67 reproduction parts and part suppliers goes, I think that's a GREAT idea and I think that I will do that right here in the 66-70 B-Body forum and MAYBE if Tem is in a good mood, he will make it a "sticky" thread that will stay at the top and will be easy to find, as those of us who own these 66-67 B-Body Dodge and Plymouth's need ALL of the help we can get! :yes: It might also be a great place to post ebay links to 66-67 B-Body parts, so we can jump on them if we need them?

I know that we have separate forums for "vendors" and "parts wanted" and "parts for sale", but it gets really old looking through all of those posts which have very few parts for our particular cars. Maybe we could set up separate forums for each grouping of cars like they do in Mopar Collectors Guide?

What do you think Moderators, would this idea be cool? If not for all models, at least for us frustrated 66-67 B-Body owners? Please?

Richard

 

[69 Runner]

I think it would be a good idea to submit that idea in the "website suggestions etc" thread so that all the Mods can see it. I may be the only Mod that still looks at every post, so putting it there might get the other's attention

 

[thebankerstoy]

I think it would be a good idea to submit that idea in the "website suggestions etc" thread so that all the Mods can see it. I may be the only Mod that still looks at every post, so putting it there might get the other's attention

Will do Tem. That way, nobody will be upset. It is the "year of change" though! :grin:

Richard

 

[69 Runner]

Groovy. I saw you have it there already. Give it some time, cause none of them are here as much as I am

 

[thebankerstoy]

Groovy. I saw you have it there already. Give it some time, cause none of them are here as much as I am

I'll show some patience and give them 24 hours before I send in the "Smart Bombs"! We have WAYS of getting things done! :grin: :rolling:

All kidding aside Tem, thank you for suggesting a great way to bring this subject up to the "powers that be". Hopefully I stated my, as well as other members, thoughts on this subject clearly and respectfully, so that they will at least give it a serious consideration. I really do think that it would save members time and energy and all it would require is a few "sticky threads" on the forums that need this option.

Thanks again for all of the help and suggestions that you have helped me with since joining FBBO!

Richard

 

[cr8crshr]

I mightn have one

Tell me about it - I'm waiting for ANYONE to make the fender top trim for 66 Satellites... I've been looking for a driver's fender molding for about a year now with no luck

I just might have one as I came across a complete set when I started my 66 Sat project. Let me check I will post a reply in the next few days....:yes:

 

[thebankerstoy]

I just might have one as I came across a complete set when I started my 66 Sat project. Let me check I will post a reply in the next few days....:yes:

If you have a pair of the black plastic defroster duct vent nozzles in undamaged condition in your extra 66 parts collection, you could make us BOTH very happy campers! :grin::yes:

Richard

 

[GOMOPAR]

cr8crshr ; I've been looking for a door molding strip forever, for my '66 Sat, could you let me know, if you have one ? Thanks

 

[cr8crshr]

If you have a pair of the black plastic defroster duct vent nozzles in undamaged condition in your extra 66 parts collection, you could make us BOTH very happy campers! :grin::yes:

Richard

Sorry..I don't have those. I repaired mine so I re-used them. I have seen them on eBay quite a bit though.