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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