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Originally Posted by 5spd540
Do you have any personal experience with this statement? I know some guys have inside info on things like this and was hoping you did.
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I don't know about "inside info " just what I've experienced in the last few years . Last year I bought some '67 short bedsides from carid.com that I found for $349.00 each Long story short after waiting on backorder they showed up in an AMD large box inside was another box with Woodall stickers ,I just bought another set from rockauto.com for $439.00 each that showed up in an AMD box and they are all exactly the same . I checked into AMD dealership and it was a $7,000.00 buy in to sell Any make/model of their panels with a 35% wholesale discount . I searched for the best price/shipping . From what I understand there is one manufacture for the '67 and two for the 68-72 ? The '67 always seem to be less expensive . The prices are all over the board the lowest was carid at $349.00 (now they are higher) and I've seen them as high as $699.00 each ? So your results may vary . the fit will never match OEM but they are pretty good replacements and nice original bedsides are getting harder to find and way more expensive . it's an online world now so do your due diligence and find the best price with shipping . The AMD web site is always going to show the retail price or it wouldn't pay to become a dealer if they offered deep discounts . Same goes for ACC (auto custom carpets ) they show $249.00 for a mass backed carpet kit and rockauto is $169.00 for the same ACC carpet . Anyone can easily become a parts dealer if you have the time and $ for online drop ship sales . There is a guy on ebay selling glass from PGW (pittsburgh glass works ) who has a dealer account when you buy from him all he does is place the order and you pick up the glass from any of the PGW locations (most major cities ) = No shipping, no return sales because the buyer picks up and accepts the glass and it's a "no touch operation" for him so even if he's only making 5% on the item he's banking $$
