AMD discontinues A Body panels and more

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pittsburghracer said:
What’s next Córdoba’s.
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:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:They're already here and just think how comfortable your going to be sitting in that Corinthian Leather while waiting in the staging lanes.:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

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Normal when sales drop. That's why it's so hard to find Corinthian leather nowadays!
 
Hemioutlaw said:
Funny how at the end of the commercial they refer to it as the Small Chrysler...Good Gawd if that's small .............

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I have to laugh only because I owned one, for a little while. At the time I had been towing my open trailer and 1972 duster with a Cutlass Supreme Coupe. It was starting to show its age and my Dad was selling his if remember right 1977 or 1978 Cordoba that he towed his 28 foot travel trailer with. 400 lean burn engine, dual exhaust, and a 4 barrel it towed great. It just wasn't cool enough for a young kid if you know what I mean. My buddy buffed my red Cutlass and it looked so good I resold the Cordoba and kept the Cutlass. LOL
 
I’m sure AMD isn’t discontinuing those parts “forever”. I would imagine that with the current tariff situation that AMD is getting hit both ways, both on raw steel and then again on the finished product. So they’re stopping the manufacturing on stuff that isn’t flying off the shelves. They’ll wait awhile and when demand picks back up or tariffs get sorted out they’ll make some more runs. They just don’t have a date for the run, so they’re calling it discontinued.

They’ve still got the tooling. It’s just gonna get less convenient for the customer because you may have to buy early or put stuff on hold between manufacturing runs. I gotta call them and find out about ‘71 Challenger quarters, cause I need a set. Was hoping to wait a bit longer but if they’re on the list I’d better get now.
 
davescuda said:
They are still make new parts. They are coming out with 66 67 Belvedere full quarter, trunk extension and outer wheel houses that will be out in 4 to 6 mounts. Plus all the car and truck lines.
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OMG, I sure could use a set of those!!! Its taking forever to cut the welds out of the ones I have, cut out with a sawz all.....
 
toolmanmike said:
I wonder if the dumb asses realize that many of the 70 Challengers and 69 Roadrunners have already been built..Darts,Dusters, and Demons are the next ones to be built.
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Ya gotta look at it like this:
What's the average age of members on this site?
The market for fixing up these cars using AMD prices falls into a neat little category thusly: Those that are old enough to have expendable income to buy these parts, and those that are young enough to have the energy, will-power, and life-span to fix up these cars. The intersection of these two is typically 45-65, thanks to having kids and all that, but this value doesn't change. It's about the same for most people.
Now, cross that with the age section of the population that actually, seriously cares about these cars. The bulk of that is in the 65+ market, meaning those that grew up with them and drove them new. This number is not fixed. People get older, high school girls stay the same age.

Notice: The group of people that actually cares is (and always has been) creeping toward the high end of people that have enough energy, time, money, and life to replace a quarter panel and get a car painted.

The value of these cars is beginning to decline because the people with enough money to fix them are the kids that just inherited that money from dead people that actually cared when they were alive. AMD knows this. All the aftermarket parts companies know this. Factor in that it's a limited market anyway (Damn, how many people are going to restore 1975 Valiant 4-doors, anyway?) with cars that are now pushing fifty years old (1970), and it gets tighter, and tighter.

After all, if you bought one new just out of high school (before you got drafted for 'Nam), how old are you now? My math puts you in the 68+ age range......and probably getting tired of fixing crap. You go cut that quarter off today, how long before you're road-worthy and lookin' sharp in that car again? 6 months? A year? That year is the difference between a lot of Harley riders and Ghost riders, these days.

Put another way, the cars are aging out, and if they don't, the enthusiasts are.

Look at Harley sales from 1970-2018 and you'll see that it mirrors this trend a little too well.
 
At least they offered your parts. I recKon if you get out there and look now you can still find what you need in stock.
The quarters and rockers for my '75 four door Valiant..... not available in any quality panel.
 
These tariffs are hitting us harder than we think. Ask Smith Bros about the cost of specialty alloys from Germany . Nobody in the US makes it. Not enough volume or profit.
 
20 years from now, people will be selling discontinued N.O.S. AMD panels for cars for big bucks.
 
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