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Hi all, looking for Scrapped Dodge Caliber/Chrysler Sebring/PT cruiser parts namely Instrument panel, a/c compressor etc. Do PM me if you have :)

Retro cars are pretty 'in' nowadays. The reinvention of the Mini Cooper and the Fiat 500 was super successful. The Volkswagen 'New' Beetle is also a hit with the ladies even though it is in need of a model change as it has been around for almost 7million years. Yes. 7 million years if you take into account how fast manufacturers make changes to models nowadays. There have been retro flops too. The Jaguar S-Type is one of them. Too retro for its own good I say and that is why its replacement, the Jaguar XF is a beautiful modern looking car. Anyway, one retromobile that has recently stopped its production is the Chryslet PT Cruiser. The PT Cruiser , of which 'PT' stands for Personal Transport, is a retro styled compact automobile that was first launched by Chrysler as a 4-door sedan/hatchback in late 1999. On the 9th of July 2010 Chrysler had rolled off the last PT Cruiser at its assembly line in Toluca, Mexico, after building a total of 1.3million PT Cruisers including 200,000 units outside of the United States (and in right hand drive too). One of the reasons given by Chrysler is that the PT Cruiser sales have shrunk from over 125,000 units to a figure slightly under 7,000 units for the first 6 months of this year. With Chrysler barely surviving the recent global credit crunch with the U.S Government's help and with the very recent takeover by Fiat, this now slow selling car was taken out of production without any official announcement and hoohah by Chrysler. The car isn't without its fans. 1.3million units produced means that there was a lot of people interested in the car. Many blame Chrysler for not taking this car seriously or putting more money into a proper redesign. The Detroit News had reported that