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07-29-2020, 10:52 AM | #41 |
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Re: Drake 40 dlx headlamp rims (bezels)
Kube, your'e not alone when Drake's people tell you "gee this never happened before". Several years ago I purchased a set of rubber stone guards for my '46 Station Wagon. They attach to the fender with four studs that are plug welded to the steel backer on the guards. Three of the studs were welded in the wrong place. At least they got one right. When I called Drake they told me the same thing, "nobody has ever complained before". I TIG welded them in the correct place and to add insult to injury, the one stud from Drake that I didn't fix, broke off when I tried to tighten it.
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07-31-2020, 08:12 PM | #42 |
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Since this is on the subject of Drake parts.Does anyone know if the 40 bumper guards and the end wings that Drake sells will fit an original 40 bumper good?Can you tell the originals from the repos?
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08-01-2020, 08:50 AM | #43 | |
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The end guards fit. How do you tell a repop from an authentic tip? Two ways. 1) An authentic tip will have the manufactures logo stamped in the back. It is within a circle of approximately 5/16" diameter. The letters "DP" (Detroit Products) is within that circle. 2) An authentic tip has a lip that surrounds both the top and bottom of the bumper bar. The repops have only an upper "lip".
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08-01-2020, 08:51 AM | #44 | |
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08-01-2020, 08:09 PM | #45 |
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Kube ,can you tell if this is a repo or original?I tryed to clean back side but cut not find any markings?
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08-01-2020, 11:38 PM | #46 |
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08-02-2020, 08:15 AM | #47 |
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That's an authentic tip.
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08-02-2020, 09:21 AM | #48 |
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Thanks Kube and deuce.Now I want to see the price on rechroming four of them?My 40 is just a driver,probably don't want to go that far!
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08-02-2020, 09:57 AM | #49 | |
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If you were to make one hammer in your shop, it would cost you allot more too. And in the long run, quality pays not costs. It costs just as much to make a defective part in a mass production scenario as a good one and the defective part gets scraped at major cost to the manufacturer. We learned that from Dr. Edwards Deming and Japan. |
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08-02-2020, 10:28 AM | #50 | |
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First you get a request for the item. Then it has to be reviewed and negotiated. Engineering has to write up a specification. The specification has to be reviewed internally and with the government and approved. This specification is summited for bids. The bids are reviewed and then there is negotiations with the manufacture. Now engineering has to write up acceptance testing procedures. The next steep is the actual testing and acceptance. This results has to be documented and submitted to the government for approval. All the while the legal deportment and procurement departments have to be reviewing all of this. Then there is shipping cost. And the big one is YOU, the provider, are liable for any and all incidents that might occur when using the item. Add all of that up and divide by one hundred. The fact is the items are being sold for way under the actual cost. So way do it at all? It was considered just part of the job, good will, whatever, to go along with much larger contracts. When all of this started making headlines we just started refusing to provide any item that the government could purchase for another source. It was a big cost lost in the first place! Some of the government requirements were very specific, such as a tool could not produce a spark. When CRT tubes were being used, we had to warranty any damage to an aircraft or personnel if it ever exploded. If you have never conducted business with the government, you have no idea how difficult it can be. I would not sell hammers to the government for 10x the $600! And that is what the company finally decided as well. |
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08-02-2020, 11:01 AM | #51 |
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[QUOTE=JSeery;1915809]I have been directly involved in a lot of this. Lets take a hammer as an example. You see one in a store and it has a mass production price. Now the government decides to order say 100 hammers built to a specific requirement (may not really matter, but that is the way they operate).
First you get a request for the item. Then it has to be reviewed and negotiated. This was much worse than that. The hammer, the ash trays and toilet seats were actually made by the government, for the government (Navy) at North Island Naval Air Rework Facility. It's much more expensive when the government makes these things internally. There are even more steps and expense than buying it on contracts or open purchase. When the government can manufacture itself, it should only be done when the part can't be obtained in private industry. That often happens when rebuilding 30 year old aircraft but common sense dictates not for toilet seats, ash trays and hammers. They make things, at great expense, all the time but only for items which can't be had any other way and are flight critical. |
08-02-2020, 11:34 AM | #52 |
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Government contracting is very specific and has been for some time. If it could be simplified to a more practical extent, things wouldn't cost the tax payers as much but there is no incentive in the current system to be pragmatic or practical. This is a classic example of why the government should stay out of manufacturing and let the folks that build the product make the design to fit the needs. This was done during WWII and the system worked very well. Countries in the axis powers chose to ignore this practice and it contributed to their rapid demise.
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08-05-2020, 10:53 AM | #53 |
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Ok,I took my stuff to a home town chrome shop today to get a price.He said he would do 4 bumper guards,4 bumper wings and two grill guards for $330.I left all the stuff with him,thought that wasn't to bad.I have had plating done there before and was pleased.He has done a lot of plating for Carpenters in the past and figured he knows what he is doing.Kube,I finally found a "DP" on grill guard support!
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08-05-2020, 11:18 AM | #54 |
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That sounds like a good price.
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08-05-2020, 11:25 AM | #55 | |
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08-05-2020, 01:28 PM | #57 |
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08-06-2020, 12:58 PM | #58 |
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Re: Drake 40 dlx headlamp rims (bezels)
Mike,
Installed I set of Vintique ones on my 40 last night and they fit my car perfect. |
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