Mopar Jewelry
Dante’s is dedicated to the Mopar fan. Their Web Site even has a gallery section for customers to showcase their restored classics. Dante’s doesn’t just cater to the more popular body sizes (A, B, and E). He also has some large framed, “C” sized Mopar parts available. With one wheel in luxury and the other in the performance class, my 1968 Sport Fury and Polara 500 are still largely ignored, but some heads are turning. Dante’s is 100% reproduction (repro). And, like most suppliers, they don’t have everything. However, the item they did have inspired me to buy other items as well. That is, items I didn’t necessarily need, but the price was reasonable enough to justify having some shiny new pieces of Mopar jewelry. The need/want ratio was, glovebox latch/side markers. My glovebox door’s been pathetically hanging in the open position forever. The tape I used as a temp fix, till I found a new part, has only succeeded in leaving adhesive residue. This will require plenty of rubbing alcohol and elbow grease to remove. So, thank you Dante’s for having this part, so I didn’t have to resort to used or NOS (New Old Stock). Nothing wrong with NOS as these are parts carefully collected and preserved in their original packaging, by uber-dedicated parts people. However, like most collectors, they’re quite aware of the free market, supply and demand, and price accordingly. It’s all good under the hood. However, when someone commits to reproduce and recapture the magic of days past, I’ll give them first choice every time. After ordering the latch[s] (I bought a spare as well), I went on to get repro, front (yellow) and rear (Red) side marker lights. Again, just a want, but the plastic on the lens can get a little cloudy with age. Combined with the new Led bulb designs it will be shiny jewelry indeed.
20 April 2019
Unprompted review