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Old 08-27-2020, 12:37 PM   #1
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Ever see OEM moldings wrapped like this before?

Pretty well set for moldings, but my LH tailgate isn't quite what I'm looking for. Anyway these came up and I pulled the trigger. Tailgate moldings are hard to find anymore, especially nice ones. With luck patience pays off, I haven't seen them yet.

The seller is real nice and forthright, says there's not a mark. I told him I'd never seen them wrapped like that before. He says it's because they're old factory moldings built by GM, as subsequent vendors put them in paper. Interesting info. if true. I thought they were in clay, but he says it's plastic or rubber.
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Old 08-27-2020, 01:42 PM   #2
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Re: Ever see OEM moldings wrapped like this before?

Part number seems correct found a few on google
If you flip up that service order tag it will probably have a date on it to

https://www.oldsobsolete.com/product...ng-gm-3917744/
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Old 08-27-2020, 01:48 PM   #3
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Re: Ever see OEM moldings wrapped like this before?

First Ive ever seen NOS wrapped like that. Doesnt mean they arent I suppose.
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Re: Ever see OEM moldings wrapped like this before?

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Part number seems correct found a few on google
If you flip up that service order tag it will probably have a date on it to

https://www.oldsobsolete.com/product...ng-gm-3917744/
That place is quite proud of that $165 molding

I'll definitely look for the date tag. The old man says he's been selling parts & trim since 1973. He says they were wrapped this way from 66-72ish.
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Re: Ever see OEM moldings wrapped like this before?

Many of Chevelle. Mlds came that way never seen trucks
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Re: Ever see OEM moldings wrapped like this before?

I worked in the GM warehouse from 2972 to 1976. We never wrapped parts like that. They all had a blue and white wrapper with GM and the part number on them.
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Re: Ever see OEM moldings wrapped like this before?

I have seen a few with the rubber coating on them like these. The plastic bag they are in isn't correct.
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Re: Ever see OEM moldings wrapped like this before?

I bought a 1959 El Camino Tailgate molding that was NOS and coated in that same rubber. Talk about a hard to find piece as they're always beaten up. I never removed it from the coating but, I was always curious about it.
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Old 09-01-2020, 01:25 AM   #9
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I worked in the GM warehouse from 2972 to 1976. We never wrapped parts like that. They all had a blue and white wrapper with GM and the part number on them.
They're in two bags each. Agree, at least the outer bag is unoriginal, IMO. 1972 may have been the cutoff between GM made and contracted out. At least according to the seller. Edit: Check that, I couldn't wait, so opened the one with the tag. Someone cut the tag off a paper wrapper and taped in on - fraud. Kidding, right pieces, wrong tag and packaging.

One shows signs of some rust on back, it's age is apparent. No tag, just a name, perhaps a dealer.

Kicker is he sold me two of the same side, it's supposed to be a pair. Works out perfect, that's three matching pair It's the second time that's occurred. The first was two LH, I discovered too late the guy put a LH piece in a RH bag

I've never seen these in a blue and white bag. Only clear/blue plastic or the paper/clear/glue disaster that's common.

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I bought a 1959 El Camino Tailgate molding that was NOS and coated in that same rubber. Talk about a hard to find piece as they're always beaten up. I never removed it from the coating but, I was always curious about it.
Peals off easy. Does what it's supposed to, pretty nice plan back in the day. Only similar item I've seen was a headlight bezel, though I believe that was clay.
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