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08-01-2014, 09:41 AM | #41 |
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Re: What Part Would You Want to See Reproduced with Quality?
I suspect that over the 80+ years vendor who make new parts take a few and re-engineer them... Example, I replaced my distributor set screw and the dimple that should have mated with the distributor shaft was way to large in diameter to mate... I can only guess there might be several different distributor shaft (female sizes) out there and how the size difference came about...
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08-01-2014, 11:33 AM | #44 |
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I too wouldn't mind seeing gas tanks being put into production but , as has been mentioned in other posts, it's probably due to liability issues.
I agree with Brent's comments regarding vendors options of doing production runs at feasible costs. No vendor wants to stock his shelves with parts that are so expensive to produce that no one buys them and he's stuck taking the loss. I'm sure the vendors want the best quality part for the best possible price but it economically boils down to production costs and likelihood of being able to sell the item. The quality of a given repro part doesn't necessarily increase as the price increases....it may just be the area it was produced that has higher labour costs, taxes, etc. |
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Perhaps, also good snaps for Roadster side curtains and tops. Seems like someone was working on that a couple years ago...............
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08-01-2014, 03:18 PM | #46 |
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08-01-2014, 04:02 PM | #47 |
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Speaking as a Fine point restoration supporter ...the 2 following parts.... #1 CORRECT UPPER + LOWER WATER HOSES and CORRECT FAN BELTS... WOULD I BE PUSHING IT BY SAYING BRING BACK THE CORRECT TOP ROUND 3 SPARK PLUGS....P.S. I AM NOT SHOUTING ....I JUST WORKED AND BEEN UP NOW FOR 14 HOURS AND FINISHED 15 DAYS STRAIGHT OF WORK...just love that hope and change
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08-01-2014, 06:58 PM | #48 |
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I agree with 1930 coupe about the headlight switch, I took apart one new one that the inside contact was assembled about 5 degrees off. I have 3 or 4 of the new ones in the junk box.
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08-02-2014, 02:14 AM | #50 |
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What Part Would You Want to See Reproduced with Quality?
That's the title of the thread. Not why they are not made. We sure do have a lot of negative posts on making parts. Maybe we should just give up? How many things do we take for granted today that the inventors or manufacturers were told, too hard, nobody would want them. How many failures before success. I hope my kids don't read this and get the idea that only easy things or things with great profit are worthwhile! If I sound a little pissed I am! All I seem to hear every day everywhere is why something cannot be built, cannot be cured, cannot be solved, cannot, cannot, cannot. Ever seen a circus elephant? Every wonder why they don't just pull that little stake out of the ground and walk away? When they are young they don't have the strength to do it. They pull and pull, day after day, week after week, month after month. When they get older, they lose the will to pull. Are we losing the will to pull? Too hard, too complicated?
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08-02-2014, 05:56 AM | #51 |
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damn Mike, couldnt agree with you more!
What happened to America? (OK another time...........). so I still want new gas tanks.......... ( or rebuilt old ones) A 500. donation to McPherson-they gut out the old ones, you get to write it off, they get practice, somebody put it together........... the school could use the support. |
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OK Brent ...meet me 1/2 way then...L.O.L. .... IF Champion spark plug company would take orders in advance [something like the 1931 running boards] and reproduce the PORCELAIN INSULATOR W/ ROUND 3 / ELECTRODE with CORRECT KNURL NUT and BRASS CAP or even without the correct knurl nut that would cut down on the labor cost for putting them together...Someone made a really nice base out in C.A. which i bought a set and there are original bases around... One other thing too is a replacement Thermometer/TEMPERATURE GAUGE for the original MOTORMETER .Anyone still selling reproduction Motormeter's ??? I have 3 originals that work but will like to take them apart and have plated....
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08-02-2014, 09:49 AM | #53 |
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Pete, I have had them plated with the Thermometer in place and all was fine, but remember they are pot metal !!
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08-02-2014, 09:53 AM | #54 |
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Tires that are tough and last more than 12000 miles. ditto really good inner tubes
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08-02-2014, 10:06 AM | #55 |
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What would happen if an individual, or company, did decide to make a really nice part and asked for investors, on here, to help soften the blow, if it did not make a profit ?
How many would invest, even if they thought it was a "winner" ? Just thinking. MIKE (mikeburch) |
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i am just saying ..if you increase the membership dues to each[MARC/MAFCA] by lets say $1.00 to improve a part or parts to continue the preservation [restoration] of the Model "A' Ford i am sure no one will object. If as a group contact a Model "A' Supplier [BRATTONS /SNYDERS [we don't need more then 1] to find a manufacture that they deal with will do the right thing by us on the correct reproduction of a part needed ..How many members do we have between the 2 clubs ??? 30 / 40 ???thousand /// I am sure with that kind of money someone can reproduce the correct headlight switch...and change left over...for the new part.
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08-02-2014, 04:19 PM | #58 |
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i thought brattons made some good innertubes?. Gastanks would be nice but i read they come in 7 flavours. Maybe if there was a "1 size fits all" replacement bottom patch panel that ran all the way up to the top edges of the tank people might weld it in at their own risk?
What parts would i like to see?.... hmm... heaps of things are made good enough already but i find it hard to buy them.
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08-02-2014, 06:30 PM | #59 |
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Ronald Wilson Reagan. Just bring him back, the quality was already there.
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08-02-2014, 08:02 PM | #60 |
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Nickel plated parts that should be nickel plated. Easy to do. Also, a good 28-29 gas cap. Radiator cap too.
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