I was surfing around and found this place. It looks like they have a lot of stuff. Anyone ever dealt with them before? http://www.billionsandtrillionsinc.com/index.asp
Phillip, apparently they are QUITE expensive! No personal experience, but there was some discussion about them here last month.. run a search.o No:
Buick Parts I tried this place for parts and found they were expensive, not user friendly and poor follow up. IDOXLR8
i had emailed "frank" at the billions and trillions website and here is what i wrote "i dont want you to someday wonder what went wrong .... so here is a post from a buick enthusiast's' website that you might want to read. http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=24005 " here is the reply i got from him "i am very wealthy"
Good for him, though if that was true, why the further need to charge such unreasonable prices? True greed:moonu: :moonu:
I guess that means he can afford to make fewer sales to only those willing and able to pay higher than market price.
Frank D, proprieter of "Billions & Trillions" once known as "Goatfarmer of Okla"... No salvage yard, just an high-end junk dealer, with little of anything of high value Supercar parts wise. Of course if one needs a common year Skylark grille or piece of mediocre big car potmetal, "reconditioned" bumper filler, trim, or "good ol boys replated" bumper, he might have what you need... might be ready to grab your ankles, though... Roger
Franks's a well know PITA in the used parts world. He's hard to deal with, communicates poorly, and it may not be quite as described.
I went to the Business address in Tulsa, it was a residential neighborhood and nothing was there. Caveat Emptor DL
I called him about a pair of rear wheel well moldings for a 67 GS, he quoted me $850 and was rather rude and peculiar. It's safe to say I won't be calling back.
Its been my experiance in dealing with some of these pirates that the higher the prices usually the worse the parts. Strange how that works.
i called them today looking for NOS 74 lesabre front parking and rear taillight lenses ...385/pr +s&h for front.. 1000 +50 bux s&h each for rear pair lenses only and he would throw in back-ups for free...... WOW. i have a pair of NOS perfect rear housings/bezels/gaskets/lenses/rubber donuts/back-ups that cost me $245 after shipping on ebay a couple years back. strange thing is, his price on the fronts is about half price as the latest ebay auctions for NOS.
Be careful of what he calls NOS. I called him about 3 years ago and asked about a NOS 65 Sky Hood Ornament he had for $400. I asked him to email me a picture. It turned out to be one of those $37 repros from Poston. I haven't called or been back to his website since then. .
I called Frank regarding a tri-shield emblem for the grill of my 67 special deluxe. He quoted me $300 :shock:. He mentioned it was for a Skylark. I went on to tell him that that's not what I had and tried to explain to him what the emblem looks like. He became very rude and by the end of the conversation I was yelling at him because he wouldn't listen to what I was trying to tell him. He's a loser!!
