List,
Here's a novel idea. How about approaching Nissan? Tell them you are close to
working out a way to reproduce the gears and need some venture capital money.
In exchange they can get the advertising rights for how much people love their
Datsuns that they repo parts.Kind of a counterpart to the Toyota ads("150,000
miles and going strong". ) Maybe a nice shot of a show quality Roadster
outside a New Delhi manufacturing plant.....
Doesn't hurt to ask.
Linda
68 1600
Eschcool2@aol.com wrote:
> Ibm not a lawyer, but have run the scenario by someone that has some
>knowledge. We "those that invest in making the gears" would be venture
>capitalists. We would need to open a group escrow account that will hold the
>money to pay for the manufacturing. Lets say that we have to manufacture 1000
>of each gear, and at that amount the price is 100.00 per gear. This pricing is
>all speculative of course. Thatbs a total of 4000 gears at 100.00 per gear,
>equals 400,000.00. If we got 200 U20 owners to invest 2000.00 each that would
>be 400,000.00. This also means each investor would receive 5 sets each. Their
>could also be some that invest more and would receive the appropriate
>percentage of sets. Of course this does not include tensioners and chains. I
>personally would be happy with 2 sets, but what do I, and the other 199 U20
>owners do with the extra 3 to 4 sets each. We would sell them to other U20ers
>or to venders as needed. I think you can imagine how complicated and messy
>that!
> could get. To make this close to reasonable, we would need 400 investors at
>1000.00 a piece. Thatbs what they are going for now anyway. Ibm hoping this
>is worst-case scenario and we would be able to find a manufacturer that would
>produce less than 1000 units. Other scenarios include working with an auto
>parts supplier, say Napa just as an example, which would buy the extra stock
>and resell them over the years at whatever price they decide. Or maybe a
>manufacturer will to do the same. Again I have no legal experience, and am
>sure their is much more to this. Obviously first things first. We have to find
>a manufacture that will give us a real price of what this will cost and go
>from there. To all of you doing that research, I thank you. Youbre doing a
>great job exploring many possibilities. I know I will be acquiring other
>roadsters in the future. Ibm having such a good time restoring the one I have
>now. It would be nice to know that such a key part is obtainable.
>
> Jeff
> 69 2000
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