I've seen cars that have been "garage" kept and the bases are split
from dry rot. And cars that are kept in the open have it even worse.
I believe just about anyone that has a Fed or Cal model car would
be interested in finding a source for those side marker lamp bases.
I'd be interested in buying a set of 4. And for a reasonable price, I
think anyone (that doesn't want to lose that chrome metal trim ring and
their reflectors) would also be interested. And it would have to be
cheaper than buying those $125 sets that Rimmer sells. (The pics I've seen
look like the rubber mounts are included.)
-Terry L. Thompson
'76 Spit 1500
Maryland
At 07:30 AM 3/31/00 -0800, you wrote:
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>>Has anyone re-produced the side marker light rubber bases? I'm in
>>need of at least 4.
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>I did make solid models of these in Pro-E. Pro-E is a solid modeling
>Computer Aided Design package for those of you not familiar with that name,
>and it is used for designing in place of the old method of drawing on a
>drawing board and paper (blueprints etc., BTDT). The solid model is used
>in prototyping to make the tool(s) for manufacturing said items (for those
>companies utilizing solid model capabilities) I made both the left and
>right sides (they are so similar they can be swapped for all sides needed)
>parts numbers 158565 and 158566. If anybody, including (anybody from the
>big three) wants the models in IGES format as well to get a quote for
>production tool etc, I'll be MORE than happy to send them out. I too would
>love to have some replacements - and the modeling is half the work :-)
>These are very accurate models, having used decent but slightly damaged
>originals for the dimensions -
>I made these at the request of a lister, but never heard of what happened
>after I sent him the models. More than likely the cost of the production
>run scared the h**l out of him :-)
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>Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
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>72 PI, V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
>70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
>70 Spitfire (long term project)
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