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Rhodesia1977
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DEC 26, 05:36 PM
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Just wondering if anyone has ordered rear GT lenses from a place called belly acres studios. They have their own website and sell on ebay. They offer the rear lense replacement covers for about $500 US. I know Mr. Dickman was talking about a scam a while back. Just wanted to make sure this was not one of them. Thank you!
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IMSA GT
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DEC 26, 06:09 PM
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Order quickly. He has to sell everything by June of 2022 or they get destroyed since his license agreement with GM is up. Heres a thread that started back in 2018 about them.
https://www.fiero.nl/forum/.../HTML/098250-28.html
And yes, he's a real person and the Bellyacres studio is very real.
 [This message has been edited by IMSA GT (edited 12-26-2021).]
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steve308
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DEC 26, 09:19 PM
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Hope he sells out of the GM restoration lenses but still provides an aftermarket lens without the GM/FIERO script. Perhaps at the 'must crush' date he can sell any remaining lenses to a 'second party' thereby satisfying the contract. Hate to see such a good guy get screwed by the greed of GM exercising it's 'intellectual property' vendetta against a small group of individual who are attempting to support a car line they abandon.
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V8Steve
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DEC 26, 11:43 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Rhodesia1977:
Just wondering if anyone has ordered rear GT lenses from a place called belly acres studios. They have their own website and sell on ebay. They offer the rear lense replacement covers for about $500 US. I know Mr. Dickman was talking about a scam a while back. Just wanted to make sure this was not one of them. Thank you! |
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I bought a set last year and they are a "TEN" with outstanding quality and workmanship. I just bought a second set two weeks ago.------------------
88GT 355 CI, AED HO 750 Double Pumper, AFR milled 180, Dyno'd at 427 HP, 360 WHP, F40 6-Spd
anderson@gdsconsulting.com
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fierofool
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DEC 27, 09:55 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by steve308:
............................................Perhaps at the 'must crush' date he can sell any remaining lenses to a 'second party' thereby satisfying the contract. ............................... |
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Now, that's a good idea. Might communicate that to him in the event he hasn't thought of it. I don't see how GM could prevent that individual from reselling them. It would be like you or I selling the set we have. Then if they are blank, the end-user could send them out to the printer that Keith used to have them decorated.
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jjd2296
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DEC 27, 12:13 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by fierofool:
Now, that's a good idea. Might communicate that to him in the event he hasn't thought of it. I don't see how GM could prevent that individual from reselling them. It would be like you or I selling the set we have. Then if they are blank, the end-user could send them out to the printer that Keith used to have them decorated.
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Then if they are blank, the end-user could send them out to the printer that Keith used to have them decorated.
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nope you cant do that, printing the "fiero" on it in its current design for resale would require a license agreement with GM. in order for this idea to fly the buyer would have to buy all the remaining lenses with the printing already done.
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87_special
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DEC 29, 02:50 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Rhodesia1977:
Just wondering if anyone has ordered rear GT lenses from a place called belly acres studios. They have their own website and sell on ebay. They offer the rear lense replacement covers for about $500 US. I know Mr. Dickman was talking about a scam a while back. Just wanted to make sure this was not one of them. Thank you! |
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Not a scam. They are very nice lenses and the only source for them. Keith Goodyear (owner of bellyacrestudios) is on Fiero facebook pages if you'd like to talk with him before purchase. They are well worth the money.
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Australian
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DEC 29, 04:36 AM
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jjd2296
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DEC 29, 08:56 AM
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those ebay ones are the same company, all keiths lenses and they are perfect. fit all year GT fastbacks.
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fierofool
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DEC 29, 10:08 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by jjd2296:
nope you cant do that, printing the "fiero" on it in its current design for resale would require a license agreement with GM. in order for this idea to fly the buyer would have to buy all the remaining lenses with the printing already done. |
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What I meant is that you or I or anyone could purchase a blank set for our own use, not for resale. Since that set now belongs to us, we should have the right to decorate it in any manner we choose. Copyrights and patents are to prevent others from profiting off another's endeavors. As individuals being the end user, that shouldn't apply. So, whoever might buy the lot of remaining blanks, sell them to individuals and let the individuals decorate them. Keith is the only one having the contract with GM and he would have fulfilled his agreement. I could see the possibility that GM might try to intercede with the new buyer if they were decorated.
Of course, there could be value-added. Sell the lenses for what they were purchased for. Throw in a couple of brake light bulbs for another $30 or $40.
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