I agree completely. I'm not surprised Layson got busted, only that it took this long. A good friend of mine from another group who lives near Laysons told me quite some time ago that he'd never buy anything from them. Besides his shady business practices which I see a number of people from this group and other groups that I belong to have experienced (my friend went so far as to call him a crook) he said that Layson has been producing bootleg parts without Chrysler's permission and had been warned to stop a long time ago.
I don't think it's a money issue with Chrysler but more of them keeping control over the quality of parts being reproduced with their name and trademarks on them. Don't forget aftermarket parts are being reproduced for new cars too. I belong to the Western New York Mopars and our club has a license from Chrysler to use the name MOPAR and the pentastar in our club logo. The only restriction is that anything we produce with our logo has the registered trademark "R" with the circle around it in the logo and that we only sell our merchandise to club members. I don't believe there was any charge from Chrysler for this permission.
It'll be interesting to see the take that Rob Wolf puts on this. I think he's going to blast the cops for deleting his pictures and on that I'd have to agree with him completely. I'm just wondering what he's going to say about Layson's getting busted since they're one of his big advertisers.
Dan----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Chervinsky" <63hemipolara@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 8:07 AM Subject: Re: Layson Fiasco
It's not a question of doing the parts, it's a question of getting licensing from Chrysler. All the other vendors have to do it. A close friend of mine designs products for Chrysler and has to go for licensing approval every 2 year in Ann Arbour, MI. If they have to do it and they do get approval then why shouldn't organizations like Layson's have to do the same. IT's not because thye are doing it, anyone can do it, but do it legally. Where do you think Layson's are sourcing these parts...CHINA, where US patents and copyrights are not recognized. Offendors should be prosecuted to the fullest as there are other organizations who go through the right channels and are approved. Year One's catalog is pretty thick, they had to get approval from Chrysler, Legendary had to do the same, they did and are doing it legally. I ordered lower patch panels from Laysons. They cost $500. Stamped in China, they were 4" too long and the body line in front of the wheel well did not line up with the body lines. The body man charged me an additional $500 to work them to fit by cutting and welding. Maybe these would have fit if they had to be approved by Chrysler. This is my experience. On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Herb <zephyr9900@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:I think that we help the unlicensed vendors and ourselves if we encourage them to manufacture the latter. Why is it so necessary to have the oftenproblematic minutia on the part? As long as the parts fit right, look right,and function properly, who needs numbers and logos?"-- Steve '63 Hemi Polara
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