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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / April 2005M5 hood ornament
I can get the #648752W optional M 5 hood ornament reproduced here in the USA.The cost would be $265.00 each and I would need 10 orders, ( no money) to get this project started. Let me know at cstude1@cox.net https://studebakerparts.com/studebakerparts/parts/html/pages/hoodornament.html A picture is here Chuck How about reproducing the 55 coupe taillight housings? >I can get the #648752W optional M 5 hood ornament reproduced here in >the USA.The cost would be $265.00 each and I would need 10 orders, ( no [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > A picture is here > Chuck Alex, I would need to borrow two NOS quality housings. One for the casting company and one for me to check the prototype casting with a caliper before going forward with production. I do not have new housings in stock to work with. I have a few very used ones that I can not confirm dimensions. Any help and I might make them. They will be USA made and cost more than China products. But at least I can speak the language to make corrections. Chuck > How about reproducing the 55 coupe taillight housings? > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> A picture is here >> Chuck Hi Chuck It will be pretty hard to come up with a NOS one. Why would you need two ? Will they destroy one in making the mold? And why would it need to be NOS? If it was straight and not bent anywhere I would think even pits would not be a problem. They could be filled with Bondo or something like and and sanded smooth. I don't know that much about the procedure used, but it seems to me that the mold would not need to be made from a nice chrome example, just a smooth and straight one? I wonder what the problem was with the previous try at making them? I hear they were a little small. If they were cast in brass that may explain it as brass shrinks about 2% compared to pot metal. > Alex, > I would need to borrow two NOS quality housings. One for the casting [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >>> A picture is here >>> Chuck I would think that this would be a worthwhile project as it would be no big deal once the molds were made to modify them slightly to repro the 56J taillights as well. As Alex says, do they really need to be NOS? I can keep my eyes open for ones that simply don't have the mounting bits busted off of them like most I see. nate > Alex, > I would need to borrow two NOS quality housings. One for the casting > company and one for me to check the prototype casting with a caliper > before going forward with production. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >> no money) to get this project started. > >> Let me know at cstude1@cox.net https://studebakerparts.com/studebakerparts/parts/html/pages/hoodornament.html > >> A picture is here > >> Chuck > I would think that this would be a worthwhile project as it would be no > big deal once the molds were made to modify them slightly to repro the [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >>>>A picture is here >>>>Chuck Depending on how they are made, NOS migh be the only way to go. If the device reads the item to be reproduced it can read, and will read any and all imperfections, and those imperfections would be added into the tool. You need the best original(s) you can find. Bill |
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