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[Geoff Coenen]

PUSOB

A fellow (Scott Smith) on the NCrappers Foramen writes about a suspect ebay NOS part he purchased – a 1967 license lamp lens.
He wonders if it’s really NOS GM since the GM box was missing the end tab with the part number. http://www.ncrs.org/forums/showthread.php?t=80875

What is telling however is the lettering molded into the part: he claims seeing a CWD on the surface. More than likely it’s CMD, the initials of the former Custom Mold Dynamics, now known as Trim Parts; which incidentally does manufacture a repro of this same lens. Even though the company name has changed, they still mold parts with a CMD on the surface. It appears that another Novice Corvette Restorer Suspect is being raped by an ebay seller.

Also GM never sold the part with a gasket or screws as a package deal.

Someone (with NCRS access) please advise this fellow to re-examine the lens & if it is CMD, he was scammed and should spread the word about that seller.

 

[BBShark]

Looks like someone posted your information.

I wonder what he paid for it (and the box it came in).

 

[Geoff Coenen]

I hope he exposes the scammer, no way he didn't know

I bought these for decades from GM. When they were sold by GM in service, they were packaged in a flat shrink wrap that was clear plastic printed with GM part # etc. on one side & ordinary corrugated cardboard. You could examine them before opening, but once you did, you could never re-seal the package.

He scammed the guy by adding a white gasket - GM never sold that separately. You could only get that by purchasing the entire license lamp assembly. That gasket was either my repro white gasket or a LICS repro white gasket- I'll bet dollars to pennies on that. Screws are available repro.

If it's molded CMD it's a real nice quality repro made in the USA - originally by a fine gentleman: Dick Miller RIP. I'm not denigrating Dick's quality, just exposing an ebay scammer. Dick's parts are that good & this is not the first time I've heard of his parts marketed as NOS.

 

[saudivette]

Nice work Doc :thumbs: