Very interesting. For marketing reasons they really need to have a specimen by BG. A pregnant omission of price point. I am going to guess $500. If they were good the persons holding on to NOS grilles may take a hit.
That is great news.I wish whoever posted would give more details about this grille project.This ought to make a lot of Buick GS owners happy I would think.
1970 GS grills I may be cutting my own throat but I'm gonna call there bluff, just so all these guys with NOS GS grills start selling them cheaper just to get when the getting good now, and then they say Well it wasen't profitable and the tooling was to much and not enough want to pay for it, In the mean time who will be buying the NOS ones and raising the prices even higher, I rest my case Bingo :Smarty: Let me know what you think uzzled:
???? The poster on the GSCA board is none other than Bennett Jones, former GSCA Nationals Director! There are other folks looking at reproing the '70 grille as we speak, it's a very difficult project as you probably already know, making molds, finding the right plastic substance that can replicate the orginal, etc. I wouldn't hold your breath, though! But we can hope that somebody can figure out a way to make 'em! RV
Bennett Jones huh. Well knock me over with a feather. Great idea for '70 owners, and the GSCA as well. I concur with Roberta's sentiment: don't hold your breath. I truly wish I could be anything but sceptical
The post seems extremely premature to me... little to no real info is posted in it. You have to think, why even post it at this point? They obviously don't even know if it will become a reality. Certainly is interesting timing for that organization to make an announcement about doing RESTORATION pieces... for "members" mind you.
Huh......and I thought that a while back they said they would never do a repo (should be "repro", yes?) part again.....uzzled:
I sold my extra NOS grille to a guy in Montreal (through a friend of mine)and he tells me that he wants to produce the grille himself.He paid me $1150 for the grille. Apparently he asked Year One to reproduce a bunch them for him but they wouldn't give him an answer.I thought that factory that Year One's was using to reproduce this grille burnt to the ground along with the molds ? There's got to be more molds out there , RIGHT? JARRODJROD@AOL.COM JARROD JACOBS
Maybe they're seeing a drop in membership and have 'seen the light'. Notice is says "available to members"o No:
Nobody has ever reproduced '70 GS grilles, as they were available from GM as late as 1996. The '71 GS grille was repro for a very short time by Duane Heckman, until the shop fire, after he had changed businesses and they were sold by Year One but there was a very limited run of them made, as the mold was part of the fire. The GM '70 GS Grille was also sold by Year One for $279 until the GM stash was gone in or around '96-97. As I bought 2 through a dealership in '96 for $110! One got traded for a '70 front bumper and the other is in the race car, as it was expendible back then, I have an NOS in the box I bought at the Grand Bend, Ontario Buick meet, and that is to be saved for the GSX resto, someday soon, I hope! and I don't want to say what I paid for it. Let's hope somebody can reproduce one at reasonable price! RV
I believe that you might be mistaken about YO remaking the grilles. I thought they sold NOS ones, they bought up until there supply was exhausted. I do not think anyone has made another set of grille molds except for Duane. They were for a 71 and were destroyed in a fire. As for the Jones post, considering the source you would have to call it vaporware or they have not yet fully investigated the upfront tooling costs.
Correct! Jim, as far as I know you have the history very correct! and I agree with you on the vaporware! As we know what it will take to make them, lots of engineerin is required, RV
70 grills I really hope they can make repo,s but they will not be 500.00 they would have to sell alot and I mean alot, so cross your fingers and hope for a Miracle, remember the guys making them don't work for nothing too.
I think you may be right. The GSCA website is pretty much a ghost town since v8buick came alive. And now without even trying, the BPG is threatening their very existance.
I hope they can pull it off. It would be hard to imagine that it could even be a break even deal at best if they only allow members to puchase though. It will be interesting to watch. Non member price +$100 or join the GSCA to get the member price. Could happen. Either way good luck to them.
grills Lets see...slow down the boat,a little more,now play out a little line,keep playing it out,,more ,more ,more,,,OK now set the hook,EEE haa. I'll believe it when I see it,Six figures just for the injection mold,is it possible ,?sure but the cost will be outrageous with the limited number expecting to sell. I wish the project success but have my doubts,especially where the post appears to have originated. gary
I am also skeptical. We all have a feeling from past posts/discussions here and elsewhere that reproducing any of our grilles is going to be a HUGELY expensive process likely to make very little profit for a long time. Certainly it would be great to buy a $500 70 GS grill and I hope it happens. Maybe bigfoot could make them in the forest and ship them over strapped to the back of the Loch Ness monster?
