[Shotimes] RE: More ebay items -copycat

[Newmy]

you dont have to apologize....that is very well put...IMHO
Newmy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Malachuk" <bmalach1@nycap.rr.com>
To: "'Bucky Beever'" <beeversho@hotmail.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 5:33 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] RE: More ebay items -copycat


> In the immortal words of Dennis Miller
>
> Now I don't want to get off on a rant here...I have yet to see one patent
> for any of the SHO items out there. NOT ONE. So go piss up a f'n tree Mr I
> can't even use my real name cause I'm a chickenshit.
>
> I could care less what Kirk thinks or does, I'm sure that if I start
working
> on gen3's more I'll be branded a copycat for that too. As for AL SFB's I
was
> provided with the plans when I asked, I never even needed to buy a set to
> copy. I now have my machine shop make a cup bushing that is similar in
> design to what Bryan was making, cept Bryan didn't come up with the idea
for
> a cup bushing, Josh did. So who's copying who there? Is it a crime to take
> an unpatented item, make it better, then sell it at a lower cost? The cup
> style bushing I'm making now (soley because I can have them made cheaper
> than Bryan King and thereby keeps him out of the bushing game) has
specific
> front and rear busings, also has the counterbored hole so one can use the
> recall washers properly, and best of all are always available, rather than
> waiting for a group buy to materialize.
>
> I wanted a set of TCE knuckle braces, I have contacts at a machine shop, I
> gave them a strut, knuckle and some sawed off control arms, and a picture
of
> what the TCE braces look like installed. I laid out moneys for materials,
> taps, and had a bar of them made up. I get mine for free, and cover all
the
> associated costs for the production of a run of them. 4 sets are going to
> friends and I should have 4-5 spare sets to sell. Are the 4-5 sales of
> knuckle braces going to put TCE out of business? I think not.
>
> I guess that if I rebuild MTX trannys I'm copying Beth, and that shouldn't
> be allowed. Or as I'm about to learn how to rebuild the AX4S and Ax4N SHO
> trannys I guess I'll be copying Doug again.
>
> I'm sure Kirk really cared when he went and made up  4 or 5 lightened
stock
> Flywheels and sold them. Who out there pioneered that? What sucks even
more
> that if done right, which it looks like kirk did, it's a great idea, and I
> had been collecting stock flywheels for that purpose. Course I think it
was
> Kenny Bonnefin on the SHOforum did that to his stock FW 2 years ago, so
was
> Kirk copying him? I'm sure I'll catch hell when I get mine back from the
> machine shop for copying Kirk the all knowing SHO innovator.
>
> You know I could go on and on, what about all the ppl making BBB's, or the
> y-pipes that all look a lot like a PP one, but are constructed a little
> differently, how bout all the people out there offering the same brake
> upgrades with PBR calipers god forbid someone tell an individual how they
> can do it themselves for less than $380 by going to www.stangstore.com and
> getting loaded calipers and buying the 13in rotors and having the local
Napa
> drill some new holes for $25. Oops I did it, I just caused one of the
brake
> vendors not to be able to feed their familys tonight.
>
> You don't like that I make a product that is similar to what someone else
is
> done, well that's good for you, SHUT THE FUCK UP and don't buy it. It's
> really quite simple.
>
> "Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong."
>
> To everyone else, I'm sorry about the rant.
>
>
>
> Bruce J Malachuk
>
> * 94 Opal Frost MTX
> * 93 Emerald Green MTX - SOLD
> * 93 Black ATX - New Parts CAR
> * 95 Silver Frost ATX SE - SLO -Buyer waiting
> * 96 TR - Cam Failed parts car :-(
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Bucky Beever
> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 5:34 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shotimes] RE: More ebay items -copycat
>
> Bruce,
>
> When are you going to develop something for yourself instead of stealing
> others products and copying to make a cheap buck? Not only does Doug,
Brian
> and Kirk love you, Now your endearing your self to Todd. You are lower
then
> a snake.
>
>
> The Beever
>
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