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Old 09-21-2022, 12:27 PM   #118
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I'm specifically referring to repair panels for the vintage American car restoration market - these were developed long after the collision repair market for those cars dried up, and are better quality than the parts that would've been offered for collision repair back in the day. At the extreme end, that company Dynacorn making entire unibodies for popular American classics is actually making them to much higher standards than the originals (small production runs help, but also modern machinery).

More generally like the Tomei cast KA manifold this is the advantage of having big companies with either sizable in-house production or big OEM-grade suppliers support your car - you get parts that aren't just something that can be replicated by a guy in a garage or alibaba supplier like a tube manifold or fiberglass fender.

The clip market had a lot to do with S-chassis body panels in particular, but these companies like Year One that support American cars came into existence and made that up-front investment in tooling before cutthroat far east outsourcing was much of a thing in the US auto parts business. And clips aren't why no one makes rear quarters or floor pans.
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