500 MJ

Get to it, that is not a tough job and far too many other trucks have burnt up on the side of the road because of it!

For what it’s worth, I bought a set of their silver ones. They are just painted silver, there is no chrome plating to them like the OEM ones came with.

That is looking very nice. Great attention to detail! Lots of work, but you'll have a brand new boat in the end.

Could you post a picture of the one you have and would like replaced? I will watch for one in my travels…

Red ‘90 is getting parted, it is too far gone with frame rot and that poor leaf conversion. This ‘88 is sold whole to someone who will hopefully put it back on the road. I told the seller about CC, hopefully the new owner of this ‘88 stops by!

Pete - in case you are wondering the flares on this one have been run against trees and they actually have physical wounds from those events. Not worthy to put on your truck.

Adding to registry.

Has been poorly converted to leaf spring front end.

Speaking of the hood, why is it all bent like that?

So what became of the parts car? Many usable parts?

A new one, or a used one so you can reproduce it?

Very nice! Is the intent to use the roof panel and graft in the a-pillar from that old shell? Or will you try to straighten out the smashed a-pillar further?

Sounds good, sending you a PM.

Where in Iowa are you at? Shipping would be outrageous. I’m in WI, just over an hour northeast of Dubuque.

I have a complete Renix 4.0L head on the shelf but I don’t have the compressor to remove them. Let me know if you have a problem finding a set from anyone else and we can figure out how to get you my set.

Looks great!

That is the same AMC part number for the grille, right? So maybe its an NOS grille?

I wonder if using a hot knife / hot wire would work well to cut the old lens from the housing?

I like it, aftermarket support is never a bad thing. I feel that the OEM tails in great shape and poor shape will still hold their respective values. The high dollar, gotta be perfect, restoration folks will want nice OEM and the cheap “get me legal so I can drive my truck” folks can still get a legal bolt on light for less than these lenses. My biggest fear with this is that we may have too many DIYers trying to improve their truck’s appearance and do a poor job with cutting up the housings they have to glue on a new lens. Simply put, tail lights that are in good “driver quality” shape are the ones I fear for the most. Getting repop 3D printed housings available ASAP is a big item now…

Merry Christmas!

X2. No need to part that out!

Heard it many times. Thought it was a goner.

GAJ “Sunscreen Glass” = factory sun roof?