quote:People complain about the fit or Camaro parts and Firebird parts from time to time
Speaking of Camaros, I restored my 68 SS to 99% original condition from 1988 to 1997. I know, I'm slow. But the point is that when I started out, buying parts primarily from Classic Industries, parts were indeed expensive, but also pretty good. But in the later part of that 10 year span, parts got cheaper, but also crappy. A lot of the parts I bought in the last 2-3 years, when I got them home and looked at them, I decided not to use them, and used the original part instead, warts and all. An example were my rear lights, chrome was not perfect, so I bought new from Classic Industries. Unfortunately they were just a tiny bit too small(!), the red and white plastic lenses wouldn't fit if I didn't remove some material. I still have my original rear lights.
Chinese? Don't know.
Pantera vendors in general are OK IMHO. Most give god service, at least on the phone, some take forever answering emails (which are a lot cheaper than calling from over here). The parts themselves, well, I've yet to receive a bolt-on part. I exaggerate, but most parts do require some filing or grinding or TLC to fit and work properly. But all in all, we should be happy the vendors exist, without them the Pantera ownership would be a totally different experience...