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Re: [Healeys] Product comparison

To: "Curt/Nancy Arndt" <cnaarndt@gmail.com>, "rrengineer
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Product comparison
From: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:03:47 -0500
Just make sure the curvature of the rear bumper matches the curvature of the 
body when viewed straight down from above. That's the most glaring fault of 
all.

Rich Chrysler


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From: "Curt/Nancy Arndt" <cnaarndt@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:09 AM
To: "rrengineer @dslextreme.com" <rrengineer@dslextreme.com>
Cc: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Product comparison

> Mike,
>
> I don't know, but why don't you email AH Spares and ask them.  Maybe 
> they'll
> send you a photo so you can see for yourself.
>
> Sounds to me like a move in the right direction, a one piece pressing 
> *with
> the thickness of the original*.  One would think that with all this effort
> they'd get the shape correct too, or why bother.
>
> Oh... and AH Spares is not Moss, and it's most likely because of the poor
> quality of the Moss bumpers that AH Spares has invested in new tooling.
>
> Curt
>
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 6:24 AM, rrengineer @dslextreme.com <
> rrengineer@dslextreme.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes, but will the bumper have the nice crisp lines along the center
>> indentation like the original.  The Moss repros that I bought do not. 
>> I'm
>> not happy with them and would buy a repro replacement if they could get 
>> it
>> to look right with a close to original thickness.
>> Mike MacLean
>> 56 BN2
>> 60 AN5
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Curt/Nancy Arndt 
>> <cnaarndt@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Dave,
>>>
>>> I have done business with AH spares for years and they are good folks. 
>>> I
>>> recently got an email from them describing how they have retooled to
>>> produce
>>> the 100 bumper in one piece and from the original gauge metal.
>>>
>>> They stated that they had already done the same for the six cylinder 
>>> cars.
>>> Sounds good to me and I'd like to hear from anyone with feed back on 
>>> these
>>> new items.
>>>
>>> Curt
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 6:08 PM, David Masucci <drmasucci@comcast.net
>>> >wrote:
>>>
>>> > This is a hard question to ask as the people that make the two 
>>> > products
>>> > that I am comparing are on this list. At least one is. I am sure that
>>> both
>>> > of their products are high quality. But one may be better than the
>>> other. I
>>> > have been looking into the bumbers sourced by AH-Spares, and the 
>>> > bumpers
>>> > sourced by Autofarm.net. Both parts are made in the UK, but I 
>>> > understand
>>> are
>>> > not the same part.
>>> >
>>> > If anyone has a constructive comment as to what may be the best choice
>>> > based on closest to original, please contact me directly.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Dave
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