<VV> Replacement part quality

[corvairs]

Well, without knowing where the hanger came from it's hard to comment. 
So far as I know all the hanger repros on the market are correct guage. 
BUT, in answer to the die stamping question - there COULD be a huge 
difference in die costs between 1/8" inch material and 1/16th. Everyone 
knows that the repro door sill plates are of softer aluminum than 
original - but that had to be because original  hardness would have made 
the tooling prohibitivly expensive and therefore impossible- Lon

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Ron F Hinz wrote:

>I do agree with Eric, the parts from the vendors do keep our cars going
>quite well and with a minimum of fuss.  The vendors are certainly doing a
>hard job well, no complaints there.  My point was that if someone made a die
>for the muffler brackets and it works fine with 1/32" stock, would it also
>work OK using original thickness stock of 1/16"?  GM didn't do things that
>were unnecessary.  Does concours check these things?  Should they?
>RonH
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Eric S. Eberhard" <flash@vicspdi.com>
>To: "corvairs" <lonwall@corvairunderground.com>; "Ron F Hinz" <ronh@owt.com>
>Cc: <VirtualVairs@corvair.org>
>Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 11:35 AM
>Subject: Re: <VV> Replacement part quality
>
>
>>I have ordered form many of the vendors and have found them all helpful
>>
>and
>
>>honest with good quality parts.  I have over the years had a problem or
>>two, the vendors always make it right.  And this is key -- of course not
>>every part is always perfect, but if the vendor makes right it is not a
>>problem with me.
>>
>>Price and selection and competition is excellent for Corvair parts versus
>>other older cars.  We are lucky to have so much variety at fair prices.
>>
>>Anyone that writes a letter and does not sign it and does is not specific
>>has no credibility with me, and should not with anyone else.
>>
>>At 10:35 AM 7/29/2004, corvairs wrote:
>>
>>>You're referring to the guy with the letter in the latest Communique. The
>>>fact that he whines all over the map, doesn't give specifics and won't
>>>sign his name ought to tell you something. For our part NONE of our
>>>mechanical parts are made in third world countries.  These days most
>>>appearance parts (mirrors, trim, die cast cars etc) are made in Taiwan,
>>>Jamaica, Red China among other places.  That's just how it is. If he had
>>>been specific as to which parts he was whining about and where they had
>>>come from there might be a basis for a rational dialogue.
>>>
>>>Reproduction parts for Corvairs (done by vendors at least) are of good
>>>quality with few exceptions - and they are INEXPENSIVE. Much more
>>>inexpensive than they usually are with other makes.  The aforementioned
>>>letter reminds me of an experience we had with a gentleman down south of
>>>us a few years back. This individual ordered about 40 various items from
>>>us then returned nearly all of them with a lenghty letter explaining why
>>>they were all "crap". Problem was, nearly none of the parts were
>>>reproductions - all were USA made (and top of the line too - are AC spark
>>>plugs "crap" for example - are Seth's spark plug wires "crap"? I think
>>>
>you
>
>>>get the idea). With only minor exceptions, his letter was full of
>>>
>outright
>
>>>nonesense and observations that no rational person would ever even
>>>contemplate. Turns out a little later we found out he was a new
>>>"competitor". (No it wasn't Dave)  Still didn't make him or his actions
>>>sane, in my opinion.
>>>It would be interesting to know who wrote the Communique letter and where
>>>he got the parts from (and which ones) and if the boy is grinding a new
>>>axe or.......... .  Lon
>>>
>>>www.corvairunderground.com
>>>
>>>Ron F Hinz wrote:
>>>
>>>>I recall a recent message in which the writer complained about the low
>>>>quality
>>>>of many replacement parts.
>>>>
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