66 Dart Owners thread

Narsky, The headlight bezel thing is a problem we 66 Dart (and 66 Canadian Valiant) owners have battled forever. No one re pops them. NOS ones will fetch $500+ each and they are few and far between. If you have a pair of fairly straight ones they can be reconditioned for $100-$150 each. If you like the look, a straightened pair that was painted would be ok. Cudachick may be able to powdercoat them to look like chrome as well. I have a fairly nice pair that I am sending to Iverson Automotive to be refinished. I talked to them at Farmington over the weekend. I have also talked to a machine shop that builds patterns and molds. $10,000 each would buy a die to stamp them out. You would have to sell a thousand at $100 each to pay for the dies alone. I had a lengthy discussion with Layson and he agreed that the cost to produce them outweighed the demand. Overseas manufacturers don't like to run much less than 10,000 parts. Good luck. tmm