 Karman files bankrupcy, very sad |
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| blitZ |
 Apr 8 2009, 03:02 PM
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Beer please...  Group: Members Posts: 2,223 Joined: 31-August 05 From: Lawrenceville, GA Member No.: 4,719 Region Association: South East States  |
I heard today Karman Coachbuilder is filing bankrupcy. Hope they can survive.
http://www.autoobserver.com/2009/04/famed-...bankruptcy.html |
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| rick 918-S |
Apr 8 2009, 04:20 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,458 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region 
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Bankrupcy is not a death sentence but an opportunity.
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| r_towle |
Apr 8 2009, 04:22 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,574 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States
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I wonder if they still have any of the tooling and stamps for the older cars they produced???
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| rick 918-S |
Apr 8 2009, 04:30 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,458 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region
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QUOTE(r_towle @ Apr 8 2009, 02:22 PM)  I wonder if they still have any of the tooling and stamps for the older cars they produced??? Rich (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Maybe they could raise a couple bucks and sell them off. There could be an opportunity for all there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Aftermarket parts from the factory dies. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) |
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| SirAndy |
Apr 8 2009, 04:41 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,638 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(r_towle @ Apr 8 2009, 03:22 PM) I wonder if they still have any of the tooling and stamps for the older cars they produced??? About 20 years ago, a guy in Germany bought all the tooling and stamps from Karmann for the Karmann Ghia and started a restoration business producing limited runs of sheet metal. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) Andy |
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| DBCooper |
Apr 8 2009, 04:42 PM
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14's in the 13's with ATTITUDE Group: Members Posts: 3,079 Joined: 25-August 04 From: Dazed and Confused Member No.: 2,618 Region Association: Northern California |
Bankruptcy in Europe isn't just a time out like Chapter 11 here. Companies rarely come back.
I shouldn't say "rarely", just that it's a lot more difficult than here. |
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| sww914 |
Apr 8 2009, 09:32 PM
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Those stamps and dies get worn out. The aftermarket body panels that are sold for normal passenger cars, Hondas, Toyotas, whatever, are made in Taiwan by companies that buy the worn out factory molds and stamp out parts in pretty much any thickness of metal that the buyer requests. Often they don't fit well at all. Odds are that any tooling that is still around is pretty hammered.
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| LarryR |
Apr 8 2009, 10:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 929 Joined: 15-March 07 From: E. Bay Area, N. California Member No.: 7,604 |
QUOTE(SirAndy @ Apr 8 2009, 03:41 PM) QUOTE(r_towle @ Apr 8 2009, 03:22 PM) I wonder if they still have any of the tooling and stamps for the older cars they produced??? About 20 years ago, a guy in Germany bought all the tooling and stamps from Karmann for the Karmann Ghia and started a restoration business producing limited runs of sheet metal. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) Andy Their 912 (911) and 356 stuff would have huge value. |
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| maf914 |
Apr 9 2009, 11:41 AM
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Not a Guru! Group: Members Posts: 3,049 Joined: 30-April 03 From: Central Florida Member No.: 632 Region Association: None
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That makes me thing of the Heritage MGB restoration body shells made in England. I think they also make shells for the TR6. You by a new shell and transfer all of the mechanical bits. We need something like that for the 914. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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| Drums66 |
Apr 9 2009, 02:43 PM
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914 Rudiments Group: Members Posts: 5,321 Joined: 15-January 03 From: Coronado,Cali Member No.: 151 Region Association: Southwest Region |
QUOTE(rick 918-S @ Apr 8 2009, 03:20 PM) Bankrupcy is not a death sentence but an opportunity. Pulls you out of a ditch.......with a few scratches!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hissyfit.gif) |
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