Just a note to folks. I spoke with Mike at BEA this morning. They will soon start offering the taillight lenses to go along with the bezels for the 67 Barracuda. I asked him about the possibility of repopping 67 hood inserts as they are always pitted with the chrome coming off them. Mike said at this time they have no plans to make these but might reconsider if they had 200-300 requests for the parts.
I had also sent a question to Laysons regarding repopping the Barracuda emblem script for a 67' tailpanel. Below is his response. Does anyone know if the 68' emblem is the same size and uses the same mounting locations?
"As of last August - all emblems for the entire Mopar industry have been put on hold from greed Chrysler is doing with the manufacturer / supplier of these emblems. Chrysler has the right to price fix within their license program and has told the manufacturer that the minimum "wholesale " price for ANY emblem must be $110 and a royalty fee of 6% is going up to 15% on that minumum price. This effectively means our "cost" will be around $130 per emblem on up and we are not sure if we will be able to be in the emblem selling business anymore - either is Year One, Paddock or everybody else in the market - we are exposed to the same rules. So - for now the mfg. has refused to sign a new license agreement and Chrysler has refused to budge on the "minimum" set price or royalty percentage and this is where we are right now. So - not sure if this will ever get cleared up or if reproduction emblems are a thing of the past for awhile or until Chrysler goes bankrupt anyway.... Dave Layson
Layson's Restorations Inc.
(877) 930-4088 order/info line 7am to 5pm pacific time zone"
I had also sent a question to Laysons regarding repopping the Barracuda emblem script for a 67' tailpanel. Below is his response. Does anyone know if the 68' emblem is the same size and uses the same mounting locations?
"As of last August - all emblems for the entire Mopar industry have been put on hold from greed Chrysler is doing with the manufacturer / supplier of these emblems. Chrysler has the right to price fix within their license program and has told the manufacturer that the minimum "wholesale " price for ANY emblem must be $110 and a royalty fee of 6% is going up to 15% on that minumum price. This effectively means our "cost" will be around $130 per emblem on up and we are not sure if we will be able to be in the emblem selling business anymore - either is Year One, Paddock or everybody else in the market - we are exposed to the same rules. So - for now the mfg. has refused to sign a new license agreement and Chrysler has refused to budge on the "minimum" set price or royalty percentage and this is where we are right now. So - not sure if this will ever get cleared up or if reproduction emblems are a thing of the past for awhile or until Chrysler goes bankrupt anyway.... Dave Layson
Layson's Restorations Inc.
(877) 930-4088 order/info line 7am to 5pm pacific time zone"
