Rick Woodbury wrote: >> The only way to produce a car for under $10,000 is >> to build over 100,000 per year...
jerry dycus wrote: > Maybe your way it would take that many, there are > other ways to do it at much less units/year. Both of you have good points. The key point is that you design a product to suit the number of units you intend to build. A design changes drastically as you move from small quantities to large quantities. An auto company will spend $100 million dollars on custom molds to mass-produce parts, because it reduces the cost per piece by a small amount. A small number multiplied by millions of cars pays for the expensive tooling. So, decide how many you intend to build -- then pick your construction techniques to suit that quantity. 100 a year? -- Use fiberglass fenders. 100,000 a year? -- Use stamped steel fender. That sort of thing. -- Lee A. Hart Ring the bells that still can ring 814 8th Ave. N. Forget your perfect offering Sartell, MN 56377 USA There is a crack in everything leeahart_at_earthlink.net That's how the light gets in - Leonard Cohen
