Tom Tweed wrote:
>
> Hello Dan,
>
> This question, or essentially the same one, was kicked around a while
> back, maybe two months ago. Back then I suggested that maybe all the
> floor pans, for example, were coming off just one set of stamping dies,
> and going to all the various vendors for them to price as they chose.
> I never heard a definitive answer at the time, and I don't have one
> now, I just have an idea of what it costs to `tool up' for something as
> large as a floor pan, assuming that the original dies were worn out,
> scrapped by Leyland years ago, or are lost in a warehouse somewhere.
> It's many thousands of dollars, so I would guess that given the fairly
> small number of stampings sold in a typical year, there's probably not
> much competition for whoever has the working sets of dies for a given
> part. That could be good news or bad.
>
> Anybody out there know where replacement sheet metal is coming from ?
>
> Still curious,
> Tom Tweed
> SW Ohio
Tom:
Recently acquired both left and right floor pans, as well as inner
sills and sill reinforcements. Mine are all very nice, clean
stampings. All had stickers in place indicating "STEELCRAFT - Made in
England", and also had smaller "Austin Rover" stickers. Sill members
were painted black; floors were primed red oxide.
Martin Libhart
1970 Spitfire Mk. 3
FDU 75026 L
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