Downs is selling their molds, ******* is rumored to be selling theirs too. So, is the writing on the wall?
Are the days of the fantasy '37 Ford over?
Are the days of the fantasy '37 Ford over?
I feel the same way! I wish I could buy all the ******* molds. I would also hire a couple of the guys I know that used to use them!Wish I had the money to buy everyone of their body mold....:mwink::thumbup:
easy for the body guy in cali to say..It's no "argument" in my opinion, it's simply what different people like. I personally don't want a repro body ,but would love to build a T bucket with a glass body so go figure.
There are piles of repro body parts out there to save the original steel bodies, where does it stop being original and become repro?
How about a Fiat altered drag car I would love to do one of those too, and it would be glass. So there is a gray area in my head too. :drunk:
But many people there simply isn't an issue at all, a car body is a car body and if it looks like a 32 Ford coupe and but was made last week out of fiberglass it is exactly the same to them and real, as if it was "real" steel. So there are many views on the subject.
I don't think fiberglass or steel repro bodies are going away, ever. Companies come and go for a number of different reasons is how I see it. This custom "37 Ford" body we are talking about has either ran it's course and people are sick of it or the company simply folded do to poor management or they simply retired who knows. But if it is gone for ever you can bet in a few decades someone will be dying to own a "retro" custom body and pay big bucks for one. :thumbup:
Brian