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Originally Posted by moneyguru
It's a simple supply/demand issue.
If they did make 67 fenders, the price would be considerably higher due to the
fact that the cost to make dies, etc would be spread across a smaller amount
of fenders that are manufactured.
I would guess that the cost for the 67 fenders would be more than double
the cost of the later model fenders.
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Not necessarly, I used to work for subcontractor that made a lot of products for several automanufacturers such as GM, Ford, Subaru, Nissan and lastly Honda, I used to run a 100 ton press and that sucker would move, and we would use the same dies again and again, there'd be parts that would requiere several holes in predetemined places while others (same basic design in the overall shape and form on the part itself) would not require the holes or whatnot, we would just pull the dies and have the machin shop take some of the inner parts of the die and swap them for the inner parts that that we need them without ever needing to have 2 or more dies to make more than 2 different parts.
It seems the people that designed/made the dies for the rear stepside fenders cut a corner or two (ie: save money) when making the dies and having them made to only manufacture a single part instead of making a die with some interchangeable parts to maybe be able to make another part such as the '67 step fender.
