jono Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Yep. Over in fb land there have been posts by a reproduction business soon to offer, if not now currently - repro tailgates that likely will need all latch and catch hardware transfered into. Australia about A$800? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_freddo Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 You can find them on ebay and I think gumtree too. Pre-orders come in at $AU599 IIRC. Pretty sweet to have such a battered unit available again. It'd be even better if they sold just the trim piece on its own. I know they're doing the whole trim set reproductions but not the tailgate piece separately - which is where I reckon they'd make their money! Cheers Bennie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfoyl Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 They posted about the stainless, but they haven't started tooling. I think the sticker shock would stop it from happening. I can only assume the cost is the tooling for the profile, and once that's made they can make any of the 4 pieces fairly easily. The problem with the tailgate is the market is miniscule (how many US guys are going to spend $1k on a tailgate once you cover shipping - when complete cars are only twice that). Even down under it's barely viable. I applaud the effort, but can't see the business case. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_freddo Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I'm not sure that they're aiming to run it as a business that turns a profit, rather supplying a run of replacement tailgates to make many Brumbys look good again - the tailgate is usually the first thing to be dinged up or start to rust out if not internally cleaned out from time to time. Cheers Bennie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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