When I was trying to find these parts, TRF said it was one of the parts
that they were thinking about trying to have reproduced. It didn't
sound even as definite as the a GT6 catalog - which they told me was in
the works when I was there for the summer party in 1992. So I am not
holding my breath.
Roger Elliott
Bob Sykes wrote:
> Spitfolks,
>
> This subject has come up a couple of times over the years that
> I've been on this list (& it's parents). FWIW each lamp housing
> (rubber) is different, although only slightly. The potential
> producer would have to decide how true to form they wanted to
> make them, and the economics of producing 1, 2, or 4 distinct
> parts. A chap who turns up at some of the local LBC shows here
> had embarked on this venture and had some prototype samples.
> They were made out of a modern rubber compound and he had a
> couple of different colours. They looked quite good. When I
> last spoke with him (about 2 years ago), he was looking into
> tooling costs and had estimated that it was going to cost around
> $20 per unit to produce all four variations. He didn't disclose
> what kind of quantities he was planning on, but said he had been
> in touch with the "Big 3" and that they were all interested.
> That's as far as it went. I haven't seen him since, but I'll
> see if I can dig up his email address.
>
> These parts were not shown in the TRF price list for many years
> (read "don't even ask"). Some time ago they re-appeared but
> with the NLS designation, leading some of us to speculate that
> they might again become available. When asked, TRF would not
> speculate on this, and remains mum on the subject AFAIK.
>
> --
> Happy Holidays,
> Bob Sykes
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