Mr. Patterson: I make a lot of reproduction chrome for finned cars. Send me your address and I'll mail you a list. Thank you Philip Patterson wrote: > Phil Patterson writes: This is interesting, the question is, are there enough > customers out there to make it worth your while? Also, there is price to > consider. Off the top of my head, say the spears would go for 50$ a piece, you > would have to sell 40 to break even on your 2000$ investment. That would be 20 > customers buying a set of 2 spears, one for each fender. Naturally, as the price > goes up, the customer pool gets smaller. And how many 57 Plymouth owners would > want a set? If I had a 57 Plymouth, I would be one of the first in line.But are > there enough customers? You would have the one advantage of hardly any > competition, there isn't hardly anyone out there making things for the Forward > Look market. Maybe you can even start a trend! If you ever make anything for 58 > or 60 Chryslers, and especially a 54 Chrysler hood ornament, give me a call! > Either way, good luck! I hope it works out for you. I know all of us finned > Mopar > fans wish we had even a quarter of the stuff available that is out there for mid > 50's chevys for our cars. > > Jim Rawa wrote: > > > hello forwardlookers: > > > > owners of 57's: i am now on a business adventure with a friend of mine > > producing kung-fu weaponry- really interesting, but also in the plating > > business, i will be making molds of original fender spears, and casting > > repros. pot metal is hard to repair and finding good used or nos spears is > > hard to do, so these will be literally brand new.. the cost of mold > > production may run up to $2,000, so what i'd like to do is take a poll of > > perspective customers online in order to see if this will be worth while, > > then go on to advertise in printed publications. > > this is just a start, eventually we can expand to 58 spears and V's if demand > > is good. very few industries will take a shot at this, but we have the > > tooling. > > > > jim
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