KF Parts in 1976--cheap by today's prices

I have been sorting some old files here lately and one item I ran across is a listing of parts and prices from Buchinger's Kaiser-Frazer Parts dated 1976.

There are some interesting prices for sure! Here are a few examples.

100154 vent shades for 51-55 Kaiser 4 door $14.50 for the set

207844 outside door handles 51-55 Kaiser $7.50

214411 full disc wheel cover 51-54 Henry J, Darrin $6.50

216221 heater control valve 51-54 Kaiser $14.75

202297 drive shaft support insulator 47-50 Kaiser, 47-51 Frazer $0.45

213734 r tail light lens 52-54 Henry J $6.25

213735 l tail light lens 52-54 Henry J $6.25

208469 master cylinder 51-55 Kaiser $14.50

If you had been into KF at the time would you have stocked up on any items? I joined the club in 1981 and I recall buying parts at the first National I attended in Pigeon Forge, TN. Some of these I needed at the time but many just looked like items that would for sure be needed some time in the future. I bought some overdrive electrical components for next to nothing that came in handy and I likely have a few things left even today that I have yet to need. I remember finding a whole unopened box of the 202297 drive shaft insulators listed above at a swap meet in Decatur TX (I paid $5 for the full box.) before the St Louis National. I kept a few for my use and took the rest with me to sell at my vending space. John Parker I think was selling these at the time for around $2.00 each and a car requires 4. I priced them at $0.50 each and really hawked them. Most people did not even know what they were. Some bought a spare set after I explained the use. John came by and saw them and told me he would buy any I had left over and I ended up selling him quite a few at the end of the day.

Another comment about the Buchinger's list is the order blank stated not to send remittance with order and that a bill would be issued for parts and shipping after the order is sent out! How many vendors follow this practice today?