Re: George Laurie - Lenses

[Spicemanii@xxxxxxx]

If you have never?gone thru the process of reproducing parts for our hobby, it will be hard for you to relate what is involved. Having a business of making parts and always answering the phone, responding to letters and emails, wastes a lot of working time. Not counting the time it takes to work with manufacturing and finding an NOS or perfect parts takes time. I know George Laurie has spent a ton of time doing so and to have perfection is not easy. He deserves a ton of credit, no matter the time it takes to get them made. He is involved with many aspects of reproduction and most of us do not understand this. Please go easy on him as he is the only one to do them correct, not unlike a company many years ago and they were in yellow boxes without the correct markings and codes. He has to go down a lot of dead ends just to find one good part in order to make things happen. I know, I have been there. I had reproduced a decal back in the mid 70's for the SuperBird. A lot of time driving around finding a vendor who looked at my NOS decal and said, oh ya, no problem, I can make it exact as original. I hit several with things they would say and make excuses about why it might have a problem. I start with, can you make it exact as original, not, how much will it cost. Cost is the last concern. Perfection is the #1 concern. Keep up the great work George Laurie. joe machado


-----Original Message-----
From: Imperial <imperial@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 3:52 pm
Subject: Re: George Laurie - Lenses





I can relate, having waited nearly a year for my '62 wagon lenses.....BUT, still 
I would buy from him again---where else would I go to get perfect reproductions?  
And not really a pain compared to, say, scouring swap meets around the country, 
checking ads, etc.

I'm glad your wait had a happy ending at least.  :)

Mike Trettin
1962 Chrysler Newport wagon

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Wakeman Massie 
  To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 5:32 PM
  Subject: Re: George Laurie - Lenses




  I can't believe it, the lenses showed up today.  They are 1962 Dodge 
  park/turn lenses, and they are beautiful.  Show quality for sure.

  I don't think I'd order from George again though.  What a pain.

  Wakeman

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Wakeman Massie" <wakey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
  Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 4:01 PM
  Subject: Re: George Laurie - Lenses


  >
  >
  > Just a follow-up, I telephoned George in Australia today and actually got 
  > ahold of him.
  >
  > By now it's been six months, still no replies to my emails and no lenses. 
  > Anyway, George does seem like a nice enough fellow, and said he has my 
  > lenses done and ready to ship (??!).  Of course there were innumeral 
  > reasons why there's been no return communications for six months, but 
  > suffice to say he's promised to get the lenses out immediately.
  >
  > I'll let you know how it goes.
  >
  > Wakeman
  >
  >
  >>>>>>
  >>>>>> Hi Everyone,
  >>>>>>
  >>>>>> I'm wondering if anyone on the list has had any contact with George
  >>>>>> Laurie (Lensmaker, Australia, listed on Vendors page) in the past 
  >>>>>> couple
  >>>>>> months.
  >>>>>>
  >>>>>> I bought & paid for a set of his '62 Dodge park lenses in early Sept, 
  >>>>>> at
  >>>>>> which time he confirmed receipt of the payment and told me it would 
  >>>>>> be up
  >>>>>> to 2 months for my lenses to be finished.
  >>>>>>
  >>>>>> I certainly expect delays with stuff like this but it has been 4 

  >>>>>> months
  >>>>>> now, and I have emailed him a couple times with no reply.
  >>>>>>
  >>>>>> Perhaps he has changed his contact info?  Any leads appreciated.
  >>>>>>
  >>>>>> Regards,
  >>>>>>
  >>>>>> Wakeman
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  >>>>>>
  >>>>>>
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  >>>>>> Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person --
  >>>>>> directly to that person.  I.e., send parts/car transactions and
  >>>>>> negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended
  >>>>>> recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will
  >>>>>> protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune 
  >>>>>> the
  >>>>>> content signal to Mopar topic.  Thanks!
  >>>>>>
  >>>>>> '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines:
  >>>>>> http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html.
  >>>>>>
  >>>>>>
  >
  >
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  > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person --  
  > directly to that person.  I.e., send parts/car transactions and 
  > negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended 
  > recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect 
  > your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content 
  > signal to Mopar topic.  Thanks!
  >
  > '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines:
  >
  >
  > 


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  Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly 
to that person.  I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as 
other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse 
public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume 
of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic.  Thanks!

  '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines:
  http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html. 


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Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- di
rectly 
to that person.  I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as 
other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse 
public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume 
of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic.  Thanks!

'62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines:
http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html. 




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Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person.  I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic.  Thanks!

'62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines:
http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html.