The fact the molds and stamps are not scrapped and put into service is almost a godsend. The ability to correct any defects with the tools available today will ensure a long term business plan. I wish it was in the USA but at least SOMEONE sees the value in reproduction of these still cherished vehicles, even if it’s from overseas.
I'm honestly surprised someone like ford or chevy doesn't reproduce something like an old square body or bronco with modern engine, suspension, brakes & interior. Surely that would sell. People are buying restored ones for $150k plus.
@SlurpJ ,emissions and safety is why. The folks rebuilding or modernizing those old trucks are not scrutinized by the various agencies. They are essentially one offs. At a 150k my guess is most are barely breaking even.
Thank the board members for shipping American jobs overseas. Covid taught the world a lesson. That lesson was this. "We need to make all that stuff here."
@@NecromancerGarage only an i diot would clean a loaded firearm, is that why you Aussies gave up yours? And is that why you got locked down so hard during covid 🤷🏻♂️
Super well done. Taiwan has been the pinnacle of manufacturing from that region. This video shows why. I also appreciate the humanity that this brings. Car guys, are car guys. World wide. Thank you for sharing.
The fact that this exists is a genuine breath of fresh air! I can hardly imagine a brand new, 67 Mustang fastback with modern lights, brakes, suspension, steering, interior and powertrain. Just, WOW!!!
it gives a great opportunity to avoid modern, much too complex technology, because you simply repair your old car that never gave up and no crazy bills and easy to repair for DIY. Hooray
It may not be a classic, but I was able to restore my Chevy Astro with stamped rocker panels and hood and fenders from Taiwan. It's great that businesses like this exist.
Many rhanks to all these folks on Taiwan for taking a chance on bringing these nostalgic autos back to life. I applaud each and every one. Its a crying shame there isn't any American interest in laying down the money and effort to take on this effort. Thinking in terms of decades of service and production, that takes massive amounts of forward thinking and no fear of failing. Not too much of that in this country any more. Now if they'd get busy on 73 to 77 ford pickups, Ie be looking very clise at that stuff.
My best friend in high school (class of '65) had a badass '55 convertible, while he was in the army in the later '60s his folks had that noisy thing hauled off by a junk yard...heart breaker.
Nothing short of totally awesome, an incredible series of teams of craftsmen dedicated to keeping classics from over 50 years ago on the road. Total respect.
One man with a vision who saw the demand for such parts and went ahead and tried to fill that demand. A very ambitious undertaking. I love the spirit of these men who take big financial and personal risks to set out to make a difference. I'm in awe actually. We haven't seen that kind of entrepreneurial spirit here in the USA in decades. This is the kind of stuff that made the USA great back in the 50s and 60s. I'm so happy to se that is still alive in Taiwan.
Although I'm not a consumer of these particular products, it's nice to see you supporting our Taiwanese brothers and sisters. As an American, I stand by Taiwan and its dependence! It's awesome that they get the tooling from American auto manufacturers. Everything should include the right to repair.
So great to see a creative business rebuilding classic vehicles parts and also producing jobs. I would like to see more classic models recreated. Especially classic trucks.
So now I know why there is now a gas tank replacement for my 1964 Econoline van. It's very well made, with a coat of some very tough lacquer. Thank you, guys. I wish we had that sort of energy in the US nowadays.
I bought a gas tank for a 96 Explorer. Was nicer than the Ford one, full of rust holes. Thick coat of paint, I added 2 more coats. Everything lined right up. From Taiwan. Was like $130 too, that is cheap. Its in 5 years already, looks new. Very high quality.
This vid is so awesome. Alot of people pass up dream cars because they are a little rusty in a spot that they think the part is not obtainable. And he's making parts for cars that some people rather let it dissolve in the garage, than sell it because it means soo much.
Industry in Taiwan does not have the same sweat shop mentality that exists in mainland China . They share a common language , but the similarity ends there . Innovation , ambition and quality are paramount.
their tools are also incredibly high quality at a very affordable price that last a long time. Basically the difference between them and the mainlanders is that they arne't corrupt commies.
@@Mike-jv8bv Funny fake news. High-quality tools that's affordable are also made in Mainland. Vietnam is Commie too. Made in Taiwan, ROC prices became affordable due to Trump's unjust tariffs, sanctions and embargoes in 2017 ...to which Biden retained !
5 years ago I was the only maintenance guy at a 100 press stamping company in Detroit. Our 600 ton went out & a steel line rained down hydraulic fluid. The fix? Zip tying an extension ladder to a cherry picker, putting a MIG welder in the cherry picker with every extension hose, welding the steel pipe in a puddle of hydraulic fluid on top of the press 28ft above concrete. For 15$/hr. Now I build machines @ home.🖖
Great video. I enjoyed the tour of the factories and to see how the reproduction panels are made. It's great that they can get the OEM stamps and molds. The Taiwanese workers are craftsmen and do a good job.
So cool! Good to know you can get whole body kits so many people will need it. When they find rust buckets. Put those on a custom frame and all your really need is the title and vin plates
just got back from Taiwan, their quality production and attention to detail is great and the labor costs are not as high as here hence they can afford to make this parts while the US has pretty much outpriced ourselves out of businesses like this, I worked with aircraft tooling for years
Wow, I gotta admit this looks like a great operation, they are even using old tooling imported from the U.S. and what they don't have, they make..... very impressive!!
Cool! I live about 40 minutes North in Taipei! So much going on in this little powerhouse of a country. You guys are lucky you got here after the quakes. That was pretty sketchy.
Awesome Video!! Thanks for sharing what you saw and thank them for me, I love the early cars and have spent my life working on them, 63 Impala, 68 Camaro, 67 Camaro, two 70 Camaro's , 69 Impala, 71 Impala, 79 Blazer, 53 Chev five window, 57 210, 57 Bel Air. Having sheet metal that fits decent is so fantastic!
Anyone rebuilding a classic car needs to be thankful that these guys are making sheet metal parts for our rides! This could be done in AMERICA but these guys noticed there was a market for it and jumped to do it.
Wow that was amazing. Super impressive and I think for those who love the classics, very lucky there is this kind of love and investment into the tooling and designs by Mr GT. Seriously would love to have a 'new' 55-57 Chevy or a classic Mustang... or a VW Microbus. While maybe it would be great to have this capability to build this stuff in the US, there is no way it could be done and made affordable.
I'm long retired from the auto body trade. Back in the day many aftermarket parts were "close but no cigar". Filing and forcing the parts into place was common. I would also add it's not just the thickness of the metal, the quality counts as well (high strength and ultra high strength steel). Original presses can be worn and don't stamp out clean lines like when it was new.
From a different classic car group (first gen Mustang) appreciate the video. In our group it is tough to find GOOD replacement sheet metal. There is good stuff out there but it can be a crap shoot to get "stuff" that fits as it should. Have sent a lot of metal back that was just BAD. I'll be looking into these folks. Tough finding out brand name at the retail level. Thanks from Michigan, USA!
In the early 90's, I started posting Mustang doors 65-70 in Hemmings, only sold top flight doors as I was now living in AZ and knew what rusty junk was as my first supercharged Shelby was a '66 from California that lived on the east coast. I bought it in 1976 in Bucks County, PA. Even back then Mustangs were rust buckets.... Never had any serious competition for repopped doors and by early 2000's all good stuff was gone! Was lucky to sell to guys doing top flight restos at the time (Shelby, Boss 2's and 9's)👍 The first run of '65-'66 doors were lousy repops as the interior grain was wrong! Good times back in the day..👍
It would be awesome to see patch panels produced that didn't require crazy work to fit! I will try this company next time I need them for my trucks. Good video, thanks!
Or if I government wasn’t ran by some of those evil corrupt people on the planet we could just build them here!! We have one party and it’s ran by the Rothschild banking family.
I use to work GM Canada in fleet end of the market and the parts that were made in Taiwan were better and were closer to the factory minimum tolerances than the ones being built here in North America and less cost, all the new parts they stamp for classic cars are made from better quality steel than OEM were and to ba able to buy a complete new Mustang body and ship overseas here wow, the coolest thing in the video was the 21 window VW Van, freaking in credible,I'll have to check i have a project I am about to start, great video
Super cool and thankful for many of the parts to be able to bring these cars back. I work daily with many of these parts They are not perfect and many cases take many hours to correct by cutting and rewelding. Example, CHL, 73-87 rear radius at top at tailgate are incorrect as is fuel door location is 3/4” too high on the RH and left is in the correct location. A very time consuming endeavor to cut, relocate, tig and planish. That’s an extreme example as most simply need minor cutting and some metal added for gapping as they expectations in the restoration world are many times higher than the OE.
I've never done bodywork or sheetmetal work, but I've heard about fitment issues for decades. I got a little more insight when I watched local TH-camr DD Speed Shop showing the issues with the rear quarter on his 67 Camaro. It's crazy the lengths true car guys will go to restore a car. I don't have the willpower, motivation or money to do any of that
Thanks for helping the working man survive. Not Everyone can afford a Fifty thousand dollar machine that is half as well built and useful as the machines They replace. 👍
I’m building a whole new short bed for my square body using parts from Taiwan that are marked new tooling . NPD is really close so that’s where I purchased them and pretty sure they’re made by Golden Star . We’ll see how good the fit is . 🤞
This is only one example of what a free people and free enterprize can do. I am familiar with Taiwan tools and electrical parts. Very good quality tools and auto parts come out of the country. God bless the people and country of Taiwan.
I just bought 5 fuel filters for an older car I have that were previously NLA, while not a perfect reproduction, it fits in the location the OEM filter is located, I was surprised to see that it was made in Taiwan. Years back late 80's early 90's, the US bicycle industry made a move to production into Taiwan, at first there products were questionable, but as the years passed their quality improved quickly. It's unfortunate copyright laws make reproduction of some parts somewhat more difficult, but obviously there is a demand to reuse older cars, it make more ecological sense also.
2:40 looks like a 2012-2016 Impreza (GP) bumper. I’ve owned and replaced several of these and can say that appears to definitely be more durable molding than the factory bumpers. These things are glass on the stock cars
What an outstanding and impressive video, this is a win win situation for everyone, quality products, easy to restore our old equipment back to original version, CONGRATULATIONS GUYS, am I glad to see this impressive and impecable technical information, please bring us the location to get those parts, most kind of you gentleman, blessings to you and your love ones, from the endless summer paradise Puerto Rico Jesus Torres.
How amazing Mr. GT expanded his business. Can someone tell him to go visit Africa. If someone can help them is surely Mr. GT. In Africa people drive transport truck with no floor, very bad doors and so on. They may not afford a totally reconstructed truck, but they surely can by one piece a the time. I travelled 4 times in Africa, mostly in DRC (Congo) but it’s the same story everywhere in Sub-Sahara Africa. Africans don’t throwaway anything. They mostly drive European transport trucks like Bedford. If he can bring them the parts needed to fix their trucks he would be their hero. If only China could respect people and leave Taiwan 🇹🇼 alone. I really hope the best of them. I can see now how much different they are from China. Long live Taiwan 🇹🇼
About 40 years ago. My dad owned an aftermarket body parts store. Just a little warehouse space. I was the delivery kid going to the body shops. We mainly sold Taiwan made Chevy fenders & hoods 1967-1984 or so.
Very impressive tooling, and quality of parts! Thanks for posting this! It is nice to see their passion, and foresight, in seeing that there was a market for this business, as a profitable venture. I wish them much success!
The fact the molds and stamps are not scrapped and put into service is almost a godsend. The ability to correct any defects with the tools available today will ensure a long term business plan. I wish it was in the USA but at least SOMEONE sees the value in reproduction of these still cherished vehicles, even if it’s from overseas.
I'm honestly surprised someone like ford or chevy doesn't reproduce something like an old square body or bronco with modern engine, suspension, brakes & interior. Surely that would sell. People are buying restored ones for $150k plus.
@SlurpJ ,emissions and safety is why. The folks rebuilding or modernizing those old trucks are not scrutinized by the various agencies. They are essentially one offs.
At a 150k my guess is most are barely breaking even.
Thank the board members for shipping American jobs overseas.
Covid taught the world a lesson. That lesson was this. "We need to make all that stuff here."
@@davidsawyer1599 I work in the auto industry. Emissions and crash testing wouldn't be an issue. Engineers have overcome far bigger issues.
Over seas company making American classic car parts America is fucked
Much respect from Australia. I respect the pride Taiwanese people take in their work. 🇦🇺 🇹🇼
They can make nice boomerangs for you guys too
@@Ihcdt857jhsrtb necessary tool in the outback mate.
@@tylerd55555 so is a firearm
@@Ihcdt857jhsrtb Really hard to hurt yourself cleaning a boomerang.
@@NecromancerGarage only an i diot would clean a loaded firearm, is that why you Aussies gave up yours? And is that why you got locked down so hard during covid 🤷🏻♂️
Super well done. Taiwan has been the pinnacle of manufacturing from that region. This video shows why. I also appreciate the humanity that this brings. Car guys, are car guys. World wide. Thank you for sharing.
car guys worl' wide
The fact that this exists is a genuine breath of fresh air! I can hardly imagine a brand new, 67 Mustang fastback with modern lights, brakes, suspension, steering, interior and powertrain. Just, WOW!!!
it gives a great opportunity to avoid modern, much too complex technology, because you simply repair your old car that never gave up and no crazy bills and easy to repair for DIY. Hooray
Mr GT THANK YOU 100% 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
This is a very well done documentary. Thank you, Classic Truck Performance.
It may not be a classic, but I was able to restore my Chevy Astro with stamped rocker panels and hood and fenders from Taiwan. It's great that businesses like this exist.
So great the original tooling was saved!!
What a fantastic company !! I had no idea such factory existed in Taiwan !! May they go on forever !! 🏁🏁
Complete classics from scratch, mind blown.
Many rhanks to all these folks on Taiwan for taking a chance on bringing these nostalgic autos back to life. I applaud each and every one. Its a crying shame there isn't any American interest in laying down the money and effort to take on this effort. Thinking in terms of decades of service and production, that takes massive amounts of forward thinking and no fear of failing. Not too much of that in this country any more. Now if they'd get busy on 73 to 77 ford pickups, Ie be looking very clise at that stuff.
we also have Horrendious regulatory red tape, this country has more lawyers and bankers than engineers, builders, and pioneers.
Didn't know I was needing a brand new 55 chevy convertible in my life!
My best friend in high school (class of '65) had a badass '55 convertible, while he was in the army in the later '60s his folks had that noisy thing hauled off by a junk yard...heart breaker.
@@markmark2080That figures, look at us now, Lord have mercy.
@@zLigHt44 "Lord have mercy"... I second that emotion
Thank You!!! Mr GT!!! Great Name!
As a coach builder that makes panels this video got me kind of excited im not gonna lie 😂
Nothing short of totally awesome, an incredible series of teams of craftsmen dedicated to keeping classics from over 50 years ago on the road. Total respect.
One man with a vision who saw the demand for such parts and went ahead and tried to fill that demand. A very ambitious undertaking. I love the spirit of these men who take big financial and personal risks to set out to make a difference. I'm in awe actually. We haven't seen that kind of entrepreneurial spirit here in the USA in decades. This is the kind of stuff that made the USA great back in the 50s and 60s. I'm so happy to se that is still alive in Taiwan.
I always knew this could be done and should be done . Congrats to Muscle Car G T .
Great to see this operation in full swing. Gives classic car and truck enthusiasts AND manufacturers confidence in the future of our industry!
Although I'm not a consumer of these particular products, it's nice to see you supporting our Taiwanese brothers and sisters. As an American, I stand by Taiwan and its dependence! It's awesome that they get the tooling from American auto manufacturers. Everything should include the right to repair.
Made in Taiwan is a good thing , it's nice to see people who want to work.
Great to see the old parts brought back.
So great to see a creative business rebuilding classic vehicles parts and also producing jobs. I would like to see more classic models recreated. Especially classic trucks.
So now I know why there is now a gas tank replacement for my 1964 Econoline van. It's very well made, with a coat of some very tough lacquer. Thank you, guys. I wish we had that sort of energy in the US nowadays.
I bought a gas tank for a 96 Explorer. Was nicer than the Ford one, full of rust holes. Thick coat of paint, I added 2 more coats. Everything lined right up. From Taiwan. Was like $130 too, that is cheap. Its in 5 years already, looks new. Very high quality.
This vid is so awesome. Alot of people pass up dream cars because they are a little rusty in a spot that they think the part is not obtainable. And he's making parts for cars that some people rather let it dissolve in the garage, than sell it because it means soo much.
As a Squarebody enthusiast that lives in a state which insists on SALTING it's roads, I thank you, and Bast (my '85 K30) thanks you Mr. GT!
In your awareness, experiences and wisdom why do you think States/ Provinces, Counties, Cities, towns in US, CAN insist on Salting roads, etc?
Thankyou Mr GT & all for this massive effort….Hats off x
Industry in Taiwan does not have the same sweat shop mentality that exists in mainland China . They share a common language , but the similarity ends there . Innovation , ambition and quality are paramount.
Funny false narrative and disinformation.
ROC 🇹🇼 manufacturing in Taiwan started with sweatshop mentality too .
their tools are also incredibly high quality at a very affordable price that last a long time. Basically the difference between them and the mainlanders is that they arne't corrupt commies.
@@Mike-jv8bv
Funny fake news.
High-quality tools that's affordable are also made in Mainland.
Vietnam is Commie too.
Made in Taiwan, ROC prices became affordable due to Trump's unjust tariffs, sanctions and embargoes in 2017 ...to which Biden retained !
Could not agree more!
Everything that I have seen from Taiwan industry is much better quality than China.
Proud to be a Taiwanese 😊
5 years ago I was the only maintenance guy at a 100 press stamping company in Detroit. Our 600 ton went out & a steel line rained down hydraulic fluid. The fix? Zip tying an extension ladder to a cherry picker, putting a MIG welder in the cherry picker with every extension hose, welding the steel pipe in a puddle of hydraulic fluid on top of the press 28ft above concrete. For 15$/hr. Now I build machines @ home.🖖
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This video is amazing, informative, interesting, and the production value is A+
Great video. I enjoyed the tour of the factories and to see how the reproduction panels are made. It's great that they can get the OEM stamps and molds. The Taiwanese workers are craftsmen and do a good job.
Thank you for this fascinating story. Keep Taiwan Free!
Taiwan is Part of China.
Make Hawaii free
Very impressive engineering from Taiwan 🇹🇼
ROC 🇹🇼 baby !
This is great, keep the classics alive. Wow the tooling investment is higher than I thought.
This is the way forward, restore and repair the vehicles we have with modern drivetrains
Thank you Taiwan for making these parts available.
So cool! Good to know you can get whole body kits so many people will need it. When they find rust buckets. Put those on a custom frame and all your really need is the title and vin plates
Very impressive. Send in the clones of all those classic cars. Pity we are not doing it in the USA.
Sad how fast man's taste changes..these old models are a beauty to behold. Good work.
just got back from Taiwan, their quality production and attention to detail is great and the labor costs are not as high as here hence they can afford to make this parts while the US has pretty much outpriced ourselves out of businesses like this, I worked with aircraft tooling for years
we priced ourselves out because of the rediculiously corrupt beurocratic redtape and high inflation rates. the feds are destroying us.
That is awesome! Keep the old vehicles alive!
Wow! I hope they keep going strong!
Wow, I gotta admit this looks like a great operation, they are even using old tooling imported from the U.S. and what they don't have, they make..... very impressive!!
Cool! I live about 40 minutes North in Taipei! So much going on in this little powerhouse of a country. You guys are lucky you got here after the quakes. That was pretty sketchy.
Evidently clear that old is gold. The beauty of well made cars.
What an amazing video. Thanks for posting and another watching from Australia.
TAIWAN...a true ally!
Great video! Alot of people from North America have an bad perspective from ‘overseas’ made
Anyone who doesn't love classic cars you must be crazy man... Great vision
I recently bought a chrome front bumper for a 2015 Silverado and saw that it was made in Taiwan. The quality is top notch.
Life isn't about the mourning of ashes, its about the preservation of fire. These guys are preserving the fire. Great episode!
Mr. GT is a genius!
Awesome Video!! Thanks for sharing what you saw and thank them for me, I love the early cars and have spent my life working on them, 63 Impala, 68 Camaro, 67 Camaro, two 70 Camaro's , 69 Impala, 71 Impala, 79 Blazer, 53 Chev five window, 57 210, 57 Bel Air. Having sheet metal that fits decent is so fantastic!
I respect this man idea..What a genius..
Anyone rebuilding a classic car needs to be thankful that these guys are making sheet metal parts for our rides! This could be done in
AMERICA but these guys noticed there was a market for it and jumped to do it.
That 69-72 Blazer tub is enough to pique my curiosity.
Thanks so much for making this video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow that was amazing. Super impressive and I think for those who love the classics, very lucky there is this kind of love and investment into the tooling and designs by Mr GT. Seriously would love to have a 'new' 55-57 Chevy or a classic Mustang... or a VW Microbus. While maybe it would be great to have this capability to build this stuff in the US, there is no way it could be done and made affordable.
US "Regulatory Nazis" would prohibit it, or make it impossible.
I'm long retired from the auto body trade. Back in the day many aftermarket parts were "close but no cigar". Filing and forcing the parts into place was common. I would also add it's not just the thickness of the metal, the quality counts as well (high strength and ultra high strength steel). Original presses can be worn and don't stamp out clean lines like when it was new.
I was thinking it would suck for them if they reverse engineered a sample that had a defect that was not visible.
Just Woooow!
Amazing work!
You choose the right cars and print as many panels as you can.
Love your work!!!
🇦🇺😎🍀🤜🏼🤛🏼☮️☮️☮️
Awesome, most people have no idea ,great job Taiwan
This was awesome. Thanks for posting.
Fantastic work new old cars love them 40 years of panel beating now made easier
From a different classic car group (first gen Mustang) appreciate the video. In our group it is tough to find GOOD replacement sheet metal. There is good stuff out there but it can be a crap shoot to get "stuff" that fits as it should. Have sent a lot of metal back that was just BAD. I'll be looking into these folks. Tough finding out brand name at the retail level. Thanks from Michigan, USA!
In the early 90's, I started posting Mustang doors 65-70 in Hemmings, only sold top flight doors as I was now living in AZ and knew what rusty junk was as my first supercharged Shelby was a '66 from California that lived on the east coast. I bought it in 1976 in Bucks County, PA. Even back then Mustangs were rust buckets....
Never had any serious competition for repopped doors and by early 2000's all good stuff was gone! Was lucky to sell to guys doing top flight restos at the time (Shelby, Boss 2's and 9's)👍
The first run of '65-'66 doors were lousy repops as the interior grain was wrong!
Good times back in the day..👍
It would be awesome to see patch panels produced that didn't require crazy work to fit! I will try this company next time I need them for my trucks. Good video, thanks!
I love that a Ford Escort Mk1 and Mk2 shells are available to the world.
People can’t thank you enough for your service and craftsmanship.
🇦🇺😎🍀🤜🏼🤛🏼☮️
Wow, Thats a brilliant story, And i thought i had too much old stuff !
I want to meet Mr.Gt.. legend in keeping the classic car parts industry.
Another reason the U.S.should not allow the CCP to take over Taiwan.
Correct. The fact they make a ton of microprocessors including those nobody else can make is also a reason.
Nonsense .
It's the DPP that wants to take over ROC 🇹🇼 ...by abolishing it !
@@camshaftcasting1451
Fake news.
ROK and Japan and U$A does make them !
Tswan just a tool for U.S. but not a country, & will never be part of NATO same as Japan. it's run by coup
Or if I government wasn’t ran by some of those evil corrupt people on the planet we could just build them here!! We have one party and it’s ran by the Rothschild banking family.
I use to work GM Canada in fleet end of the market and the parts that were made in Taiwan were better and were closer to the factory minimum tolerances than the ones being built here in North America and less cost, all the new parts they stamp for classic cars are made from better quality steel than OEM were and to ba able to buy a complete new Mustang body and ship overseas here wow, the coolest thing in the video was the 21 window VW Van, freaking in credible,I'll have to check i have a project I am about to start, great video
Love this! Please send 2 quarter panels for a 68 Chevelle to our post office box!
So cool! Thanks Taiwan🇺🇸🇹🇼♥️
That is so cool. Keeping the hobby alive. 😀
Fantastic video
Super cool and thankful for many of the parts to be able to bring these cars back.
I work daily with many of these parts
They are not perfect and many cases take many hours to correct by cutting and rewelding. Example, CHL, 73-87 rear radius at top at tailgate are incorrect as is fuel door location is 3/4” too high on the RH and left is in the correct location. A very time consuming endeavor to cut, relocate, tig and planish.
That’s an extreme example as most simply need minor cutting and some metal added for gapping as they expectations in the restoration world are many times higher than the OE.
I've never done bodywork or sheetmetal work, but I've heard about fitment issues for decades. I got a little more insight when I watched local TH-camr DD Speed Shop showing the issues with the rear quarter on his 67 Camaro. It's crazy the lengths true car guys will go to restore a car. I don't have the willpower, motivation or money to do any of that
Great vid, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for helping the working man survive. Not Everyone can afford a Fifty thousand dollar machine that is half as well built and useful as the machines They replace. 👍
I’m building a whole new short bed for my square body using parts from Taiwan that are marked new tooling . NPD is really close so that’s where I purchased them and pretty sure they’re made by Golden Star . We’ll see how good the fit is . 🤞
Got the whole box for my 55 Chevy truck, had it painted $ 5,000 it's nice
@@dogsense3773 More than the entire heap is worth...
Taiwan makes excellent tools and parts.
They import the machineries from elsewhere .
GREAT VIDEO ROB!!!! THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!
Great video! Super impressive factory!!
This is only one example of what a free people and free enterprize can do. I am familiar with Taiwan tools and electrical parts. Very good quality tools and auto parts come out of the country. God bless the people and country of Taiwan.
Nice!! Im glad they are still making all of the parts we need.
I just bought 5 fuel filters for an older car I have that were previously NLA, while not a perfect reproduction, it fits in the location the OEM filter is located, I was surprised to see that it was made in Taiwan. Years back late 80's early 90's, the US bicycle industry made a move to production into Taiwan, at first there products were questionable, but as the years passed their quality improved quickly. It's unfortunate copyright laws make reproduction of some parts somewhat more difficult, but obviously there is a demand to reuse older cars, it make more ecological sense also.
with cars there is no problem with copyright or anything as long as it says replacement or reproduction on the packaging.
@@ronblack7870 Different countries and states
I have no doubt Taiwan is stepping their quality up. They make the world's computer chips
Of which there is ZERO correlation.
@@I_Am_Your_Problem You can at least go see it at Harbor Freight. The difference between the Made in China and Made in Taiwan tools is huge.
1:53 I can't believe 98-03 NBS is now old enough to be repop'd
Absolutely amazing! 💯
2:40 looks like a 2012-2016 Impreza (GP) bumper. I’ve owned and replaced several of these and can say that appears to definitely be more durable molding than the factory bumpers. These things are glass on the stock cars
What an outstanding and impressive video, this is a win win situation for everyone, quality products, easy to restore our old equipment back to original version, CONGRATULATIONS GUYS, am I glad to see this impressive and impecable technical information, please bring us the location to get those parts, most kind of you gentleman, blessings to you and your love ones, from the endless summer paradise Puerto Rico Jesus Torres.
Wow, this is wonderful!
Really nice! It could have been a 2 hour video 👏👏👏😍😍😍
I'm glad to see long bed panels are still being produced by them.
Thank you Taiwan 🇹🇼 🇺🇸
ROC 🇹🇼
How amazing Mr. GT expanded his business. Can someone tell him to go visit Africa. If someone can help them is surely Mr. GT. In Africa people drive transport truck with no floor, very bad doors and so on. They may not afford a totally reconstructed truck, but they surely can by one piece a the time. I travelled 4 times in Africa, mostly in DRC (Congo) but it’s the same story everywhere in Sub-Sahara Africa. Africans don’t throwaway anything. They mostly drive European transport trucks like Bedford. If he can bring them the parts needed to fix their trucks he would be their hero. If only China could respect people and leave Taiwan 🇹🇼 alone. I really hope the best of them. I can see now how much different they are from China. Long live Taiwan 🇹🇼
About 40 years ago. My dad owned an aftermarket body parts store. Just a little warehouse space. I was the delivery kid going to the body shops. We mainly sold Taiwan made Chevy fenders & hoods 1967-1984 or so.
Cool , much respect to them all
This is so cool to watch
This dude is awesome!
Very impressive tooling, and quality of parts! Thanks for posting this! It is nice to see their passion, and foresight, in seeing that there was a market for this business, as a profitable venture. I wish them much success!
At the end, this is a money saver, believe me..... Great vid....... ; )