OUCH!!! Need 200 customers just to break even almost.
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From "Wiedemeyer" <boxweed at thebest.net>
To: "JustBrits" <justbrits@mediaone.net>
Cc: "spridgets list" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: LBC Related Questions
> I checked all this out with about 6 or 7 rubber companies about a year
ago,
> and the tooling was going to cost about $20,000; then each set would cost
> about $100 to produce. This quote was for the rubber floor mats that go
in
> the Midget Mark I, though, as those were the ones I was interested in at
the
> time. Bugeyes should be about 60% of the $20,000 price, since there are
> only 3 pieces to Bugeye mats, while the Midget has 5 pieces to reproduce.
>
> Bob
>
> >Rick:
> >
> ><<Just out of curiosity, has anyone been able to purchase a complete set
> of
> >original, decent, bugeye rubber floor mats and center tunnel cover in the
> >past 25 years? (not the AMCO items, I mean the real deal) It wouldn't
> >surprise me to see a complete set go for $1,000 to a concoursophile. I
> know
> >there's been a couple of attempts to come up with a group to do repros,
but
> >the total price has always been too much to make it worthwhile.
> >>>
> >
> >$25,000 to $50,000 would be more "realistic"!!
> >
> >'Course you prob'ky have to commit to 100 sets and then you could "sell"
> the
> >rest!!<VBG>!!
> >
> >Ed
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