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Kern Dog said
Wildcat auto wrecking to check price and availability for front and rear bumpers for a 65 Dart I am working on.
$300 EACH ????
Whuuuuut ??
I have bumpers, I just want nicer ones. What does it cost to have bumpers rechromed? If it is around $300 each to rechrome, why would anyone pay that much for 52 year old parts???
Maybe I am spoiled by the self serve yards. The Pick-N-Pull yards are about $50 plus a core.
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Apparently you do have bumper worthy of rechrome. When a car is wrecked, parts damaged beyond repair, a owner or an insurance company pays the part yard for replacement parts. That and rarity is how their prices are generated. We're lucky that there are those like Wildcat who haven't crushed/recycled those parts we may need someday.