<VV> Replacement part quality

dongerick1@juno.com dongerick1@juno.com
Thu, 29 Jul 2004 16:59:14 -0500


A die made to use 1/32 stock probably would not work with 1/16 stock. 
The clearances would not be correct and heavy material could break the
die.
DonE

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:07:30 -0700 "Ron F Hinz" <ronh@owt.com> writes:
> I do agree with Eric, the parts from the vendors do keep our cars 
> going
> quite well and with a minimum of fuss.  The vendors are certainly 
> doing a
> hard job well, no complaints there.  My point was that if someone 
> made a die
> for the muffler brackets and it works fine with 1/32" stock, would 
> it also
> work OK using original thickness stock of 1/16"?  GM didn't do 
> things that
> were unnecessary.  Does concours check these things?  Should they?
> RonH
> Snip