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    Hi Nick ,

    That's really great for some people and I think it was way overdue !!! But the price of the 4 originals I have just fell to the ground !

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    What's a "Ctail" gate?

    It's about time they built these. I know the market is fairly small for them, but I'll bet they sell pretty well. I bought a spare for my Nomad, and now I'm not sure it makes sense to ever use it with these new ones out.

    Now someone needs to make wagon quarters. They're WAY overdue.

    I wish these guys would focus more on 56's too. I see all kinds of stuff for 55 and 57, but very little for 56's. You can't buy repop 56 hoods or fenders yet, nor a smoothie bumper. They also now have 4DHT 57 quarters, but a 56 sedan quarter still doesn't exist. 56's are getting a lot more popular.

    Looks like they make wagon tailgates too, which I didn't know:

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    Quote Originally Posted by chevynut View Post
    What's a "Ctail" gate?
    Typo

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    I've only owned 3 Nomads, all three had excellent tailgates. Repop lift gate frames or roof repair sections would be much bigger sellers (volume)

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    I think the tailgates will sell unless they require a lot of rework to make them look and fit right. And we don't know whether they look and fit right "as shipped" at this point.

    I think that a repro lift gate would be a much harder thing to build with good quality and sell at a reasonable price. Maybe Mike can comment on how hard it is to find one that's worth straightening and plating and how that's changed in the last few years. Obviously supply has to be dwindling.

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    nice to see them on the market, anything to help owners is a plus.
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    Quote Originally Posted by carls 56 View Post
    nice to see them on the market, anything to help owners is a plus.
    Yes, especially items that are very hard to find used.

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    I wish these guys would focus more on 56's too.

    Agreed!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JT56 View Post
    I wish these guys would focus more on 56's too.

    Agreed!

    Any smart investor starts with what is popular first, 56's seem to be less popular then 55's and 57's. However I think there are enough 56's to warrant the parts but I think what happens is someone makes a part, say for 55 then when those don't sell quite as fast as they would like they don't bother to build 56 since they're still hurting from the other one not selling so greatly.

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