I checked all this out with about 6 or 7 rubber companies about a year ago,
and the tooling was going to cost about $20,000; then each set would cost
about $100 to produce. This quote was for the rubber floor mats that go in
the Midget Mark I, though, as those were the ones I was interested in at the
time. Bugeyes should be about 60% of the $20,000 price, since there are
only 3 pieces to Bugeye mats, while the Midget has 5 pieces to reproduce.
Bob
>Rick:
>
><<Just out of curiosity, has anyone been able to purchase a complete set
of
>original, decent, bugeye rubber floor mats and center tunnel cover in the
>past 25 years? (not the AMCO items, I mean the real deal) It wouldn't
>surprise me to see a complete set go for $1,000 to a concoursophile. I
know
>there's been a couple of attempts to come up with a group to do repros, but
>the total price has always been too much to make it worthwhile.
>>>
>
>$25,000 to $50,000 would be more "realistic"!!
>
>'Course you prob'ky have to commit to 100 sets and then you could "sell"
the
>rest!!<VBG>!!
>
>Ed
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