Bankrupcy is not a death sentence but an opportunity.
r_towle
Apr 8 2009, 04:22 PM
I wonder if they still have any of the tooling and stamps for the older cars they produced???
Rich
rick 918-S
Apr 8 2009, 04:30 PM
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
Maybe they could raise a couple bucks and sell them off. There could be an opportunity for all there. Aftermarket parts from the factory dies.
SirAndy
Apr 8 2009, 04:41 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. Andy
DBCooper
Apr 8 2009, 04:42 PM
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.
sww914
Apr 8 2009, 09:32 PM
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.
LarryR
Apr 8 2009, 10:32 PM
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. Andy
Their 912 (911) and 356 stuff would have huge value.
maf914
Apr 9 2009, 11:41 AM
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.
Drums66
Apr 9 2009, 02:43 PM
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!!
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