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NOS, Cuda Trunk Mat

Started by nonfish, July 07, 2022, 06:05:44 AM

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nonfish

Just curious, I know they mostly extinct today. I have had one in my possession for a long time and I know someone
who will most likely will be hitting me up to sell it.
Thanks... 

Cuda_mark

I don't know what it's worth but I have heard that many of the NOS mats weren't treated very nicely by the dealers back in the day so many had cracks on the edges from poor handling practices. So, if yours is in good shape, it would be even more rare. That plus the fact that ECS isn't making theirs anymore only bumps the value up more.

JH27N0B

First of all, do you know for sure it's NOS Mopar?  There were ones available in the 80s from a company called "MCO" that were supposedly made of the original material and perhaps even cut from the original dies.  They occasionally still turn up for sale being described as NOS.  They can be identified as not being original Mopar parts by checking the back side.  Original Mopar ones have the part number and a date code printed on them in white. The ones from the 80s don't have any information on the back.
A mint one of those is still pretty valuable, though I am not sure where the price point would be.  Maybe $500?
A real deal NOS Mopar example in mint shape would be worth whatever someone was willing to pay.  If Mancini was doing a 1000 point OE restoration on a hemi cuda I wouldn't doubt his customer would pay $1500 or more for it.  If it is for a local, casual car friend type person who you were sure was going to use it on his car and not flip it, and you didn't want to squeeze him for top dollar maybe $800 to a $1000 would be more reasonable
I have an MCO Challenger trunk mat I bought in the late 80s and never used.  Sadly it got some splits in it and cracks, so that brings up another question.  Is the one you have mint with no splits, they don't survive well "on the shelf" unless handled with kid gloves.


anlauto

Yup, even some MCO mats have been passed on to unsuspecting buyers paying a premium for NOS Mopar... :thumbdown:
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nonfish

It has been rolled up stored in a fiber tube for quite awhile. It does have the white date codes and part numbers printed in several places on the back side.
I recall that the dates on the back were like 1972 or 1973.
When I looked at it last, there was some surface cracks on the top side, so it is not mint.
If I have the time I will try to get it out this weekend and take another look at it, as I'm thinking that I might bring it to Carlisle next week....