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Those are all made of urethane, which tends to crack after about 15-18 years. It happened with the header panel on my '75 Grand Am, and has happened with two different strips on my '88 (although the one on there now only has one big crack while the other one was crumbling).
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See mine was still perfectly flexable like a piece of rubber
(until it got to be sub-zero degrees out), as were the ones I got from the junk yard. While searching through the yard I did come across some that felt like hard plastic
(probably just from aging) and did actually crack when I messed with them. Thats why I decided to remove ones that still felt rubbery and flexable. Literally you could take one in your hand, roll it up and it will come right back to it's shape. Maybe they were replaced at one point on the car I took them from.
Anyway, I followed the link above, and ebay seems to be good for finding brand new aftermarket bumper fillers, just search for "caprice bumper filler" find your year and your good. But In terms of body trim and things like that I've found that sometimes they don't fit quite right compared to OEM.