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A couple years back I bought an NOS emblem for the nose of my 400 bumper on the 69. I think I paid $175. It was a happy day because it was such a cool piece. These are very hard to find... This spring when I took the 9 out for a bath I noticed that the lower 1/2 inch of the emblem had fallen right off! It's NOS leprosy!  AHHHHHHHH, I'm mad.........  
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YAH! It sucks so bad it's ALMOST funny! 
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the bar code must have fallen off.
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the bar code must have fallen off. No Terry, this is REAL NOS. I didn't buy it from you so it was real and didn't have a bar code. 
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maybe you should have bought the bar coded one.your so called nos one turned out to be junk.rotflmao
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Time to upgrade to Chinese parts!
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maybe you should have bought the bar coded one.your so called nos one turned out to be junk.rotflmao Good point. But I wouldn't want you telling me it's real NOS and charging an arm an a leg for it. Then later find out it was just a reproduction you passed off as the real deal.
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looks like that arrow head had some impact to it??? or is it just like me...old and cracky?
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IMPACT!!! Who did it???? I don't think there was any damage at all. It just cracked and fell off. Old rubber.....
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maybe you should have bought the bar coded one.your so called nos one turned out to be junk.rotflmao Good point. But I wouldn't want you telling me it's real NOS and charging an arm an a leg for it. Then later find out it was just a reproduction you passed off as the real deal. you mean like that reproduction core support that you are selling>?
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LMAO -- that´s like playing table tennis...
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IMPACT!!! Who did it???? I don't think there was any damage at all. It just cracked and fell off. Old rubber..... anything back into it? it still has more cracks....would the old part get those without impact? I dont know since I dont have a 400 emblem on my "prevoiusly 350" , ..lol
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maybe you should have bought the bar coded one.your so called nos one turned out to be junk.rotflmao Good point. But I wouldn't want you telling me it's real NOS and charging an arm an a leg for it. Then later find out it was just a reproduction you passed off as the real deal. you mean like that reproduction core support that you are selling>? Time for the slam dunk. I'll let the picture tell the story. Terry's fender for sale sticker with newer style bar coded sticker.  My OLD STOCK core support below. You can see that I also have the dealershp sticker when it was delivered and it's 1992. Notice the GM sticker has no bar code before 1992. Any parts that were at the warehouse before 1992 didn't have bar codes. 
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Your 400 badge looks like mine Jim. Funny that NOS would degrade the same as one that's been in the elements. 
Tom '69 Firebird 400 4spd conv  
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WOW Tom! Mine was in the box until 2006. They say rubber degrades just like anything else organic. If they would have kept it in the fridge it would have lasted linger. It's amazing how much our emblems look alike. [/quote]
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I´m pretty sure that´s because of hustling older women off the street when they couldn´t cross the road fast enough...
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I agree with Jim on the on the bar code thing as my wife deals in antiques and she has told me more then once when were out looking that if it has a bar ode in ain't old.
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mines still hanging in there... 125.00 last year ebay... I going out to check..... Yep still there....
69 RA III T/A Auto
69 Sprint vert 3speed ( sold to a new home)
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Ron, You have about a year and the tip of your nose will fall off.
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Glad I don't have a 400, wonder what else falls apart on those?
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It would seem that it's because the vinal has broken down, based soley on time. I have an incorrect repro for the 8 on my car. It's been on since 87. Looks better than the new one that crapped out.
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Glad I don't have a 400, wonder what else falls apart on those? I just found out one more reason I like the clean look on my front bumper...not a 400 arrow...otherwise "cloned" well....lol
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