> You can buy every part for a Model T from aftermarket suppliers. > That's true of many old cars. I can buy all the parts for my 55 Chevy > as well. Same goes for the original VW bug.
It one thing to set up aftermarket parts for out of production, long run production vehicles & quite something else to support what, a few hundred GM electric vehicles which were essentially prototypes & hand built (I think). Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: OT - Prius Fuel Economy > You can buy every part for a Model T from aftermarket suppliers. > That's true of many old cars. I can buy all the parts for my 55 Chevy > as well. The only things I'd have to look for used would be head > castings or blocks. Every other part is available new or restored. I > purchased a restored (rather than rebuilt) carburetor for it. All the > throttle plate bores were plugged and rebored. The body was replated > with the original bronzing. All of the internal parts are new. It > runs beautifully. > Paul > On Nov 24, 2006, at 3:40 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > >> Charles Robinson wrote: >>> On Nov 24, 2006, at 13:49, Kenneth Waller wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Lack of support also. >>>> >>> >>> >>> There are a lot of discontinued/unsupported cars out on the road - >>> Model T's, even! >>> >>> I don't recall Ford going out and pulling all of them off of the >>> road. >>> >>> -Charles >>> >> >> There's a big difference between maintaining a car which was >> actually sold and was supported for a time, with a number of >> aftermarket parts options and/or other cars to scrap for parts and >> a vehicle which the maker considered it uneconomical to sell & >> support even when brand new. >> >> -Adam >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
