Of course. The GM electrics were doomed by their scarcity. Leaving them in circulation would only have hurt GMs reputation long term. Paul On Nov 24, 2006, at 7:24 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote:
>> 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
