NOS Trunk Weatherstrip

[737Driver]

It looks like original trunk weatherstrip has become pretty expensive.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayIS...em=370086462394

[Tommy_Mathison]

Is it just me or does it seem like the prices of parts such as this NOS weather stripping keep rising in value while the market for restored Camaros is supposedly on the decline??

[CamarosRus]

What is next best alternative brand name to NOS.........At the end of the project, what gets installed ????

Thanks,

[Rainer]

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Is it just me or does it seem like the prices of parts such as this NOS weather stripping keep rising in value while the market for restored Camaros is supposedly on the decline??

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I would agree with you, Tommy. Here's one theory to explain why. Consider that the restored Camaro, once sold, is still in existance and may very well be back on the market some time in the future. On the other hand, once NOS parts are sold, they are most likely intended to be installed on a restoration project rather than sold again.

Its really a matter of supply. In short, the supply of NOS parts declines as they get sold and most of them get used up, whereas the supply of restored Camaros does not, as they have the potential to reappear on the market.

[Mr70]

Some will even pay top dollar for an entire correctly restored vehicle,just to harvest the correct parts off of it.
I can understand some see that as alot of money for orignal W/S,but I also understand someone willing to pay that who has the right car waiting for it in todays world.

[m22mike]

The reason that particular trunk weather strip on EBay is so expensive, is because it has the white string in it.
To my knowledge this was what may have been installed at build. I have removed one of this type on a 69 L78 Camaro.
Alot of the later N.O.S. replacemrnt seals are not near as expensive, and they do not have the string in them.
The string may have been in there to keep from stretching it to much on installation

Mike

[Unreal]

That's not the same as the run-of-the-mill NOS (Until recently, still available from GM) Also note the orange locater mark.

[Tommy_Mathison]

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I would agree with you, Tommy. Here's one theory to explain why. Consider that the restored Camaro, once sold, is still in existance and may very well be back on the market some time in the future. On the other hand, once NOS parts are sold, they are most likely intended to be installed on a restoration project rather than sold again.

Its really a matter of supply. In short, the supply of NOS parts declines as they get sold and most of them get used up, whereas the supply of restored Camaros does not, as they have the potential to reappear on the market.

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Rainer,

Excellent job of putting it into perspective. The correctly restored cars with these "assembly line" parts will most likely bring the type of money to justify their cost.

The weatherstrip in the auction is, as some of you have already mentioned, an early NOS piece which is identical to assembly line trunk weather stripping. In fact, I just removed the original yesterday from my 69 Z/28 and it was identical to the weather stripping in the auction.

[FASTONE]

Mike, I have NOS original white string w/s in my 68 Z. The trunk lid shuts and latches with one finger. The other later issues are fatter and take considerable pressure to latch. Once installed, you can't tell visually weather it has the white string, only by the operation. Tom

[YenkoYS-199Stinger]

I have been buying a lot of NOS Corvair parts lately from a guy in NC that was an employee (fairly high up) in the early to mid 70's. He stockpiled a lot of NOS (mostly trim)for a 66' turbo convert. that well, got sold years ago without the parts installed. He had finally decided to clear out what he had been storing for years. The last box of parts I got from him was all of the NOS weatherstrips that were left. It turns out that there are 2 of these NOS trunk weatherstrips (no packaging left). Same profile/section, markings, length and the "string". After seeing what they are bringing, it sure makes me tempted to sell them off instead of saving them for when YS-070 gets restored. Unlike the Camaro's, the Corvairs use 2 of these.