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Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
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| | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | Well, I'm putting the finish trim items ect on my panel and the past couple days decided to put the Lower Cab Windlace and retainer on my 52 Panel and since the old originals were in bad shape I ordered two new ones. You can see from the pic the holes in the new one are lots smaller than the original....and since I thought it'd save me a trip to the hardware store I also ordered the screws with the retainers. Well, wouldn't you know, SMALL holes...BIG screws. Since I did "extensive" metal work and needed to drill new holes I got me some #6 tapered screws and used the re-pops. Can they ever get anything right? Grrrrrrrr. http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r19/LutherParris/52Panel/Bottomwindlacemetalstrips005.jpg
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| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | Mady by the Hop Sing manufacturing company.........
Save a life, adopt a senior shelter pet.
The three main causes of blindness: Cataracts, Politics, Religion.
Name your dog Naked so you can walk Naked in the park.
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 695 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 695 | I bought some door bottoms and really had to "tweak" them in.
They rookie crose but no exactry
"Hop Sing"! HA! Good one, Tiny! | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,513 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,513 | Looks like there's considerable variety in the repops of this item. I bought stainless ones and they have the radius just like the originals shown. Since I had to make new holes due to rocker replacement I tapped them for pan head bolts as mine need to be removed twice yearly for battery access. Maybe those were made at the "Sum Ting Wong" factory?
1952 1300 Canadian 1/2 ton restomod You Tube | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | "Hop Sing"! HA! Good one, Tiny! Most of the young folks these days don't get it. 
Save a life, adopt a senior shelter pet.
The three main causes of blindness: Cataracts, Politics, Religion.
Name your dog Naked so you can walk Naked in the park.
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 27 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 27 | aa soooooooo kung fu you plant
just sand it a little more
47 1st series pu 4x4
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,263 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,263 | "Hop Sing"! HA! Good one, Tiny! Most of the young folks these days don't get it. Hop sing just made what was ordered by Mr Cartwright If the product was not per spec then Mr Cartwright should not of accepted it or sold it to his customers. In the end it is Mr Cartwright responsibility to sell a product that fits and works. Quality control | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,393 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,393 |
Hop sing just made what was ordered by Mr Cartwright
If the product was not per spec then Mr Cartwright should not of accepted it or sold it to his customers.
In the end it is Mr Cartwright responsibility to sell a product that fits and works.
Quality control
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Agreed. So many vendors are after the ez buck at the cost of their reputation.
Drew
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | wonder what y'all would be working with if nobody sold the "low quality" parts - maybe paying someone $80 an hour to fix things, or fabricating your own? then you'd know they're "made in the USA"  what you need to keep in mind is that most all of the repro pieces are patterned from "good" originals, and we all know that parts from a given year of a series aren't necessarily exactly the same as all other years, especially the AD's that cover 7 or 8 years .... I've found the TF parts quite good, never any more tweaking required than you'd expect putting parts from one truck on another Bill | | | | | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 290 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 290 | what you need to keep in mind is that most all of the repro pieces are patterned from "good" originals, and we all know that parts from a given year of a series aren't necessarily exactly the same as all other years, especially the AD's that cover 7 or 8 years .... I've found the TF parts quite good, never any more tweaking required than you'd expect putting parts from one truck on another
Bill I totally agree!!! | | |
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