Tired of supporting China.
Sorry Guys I posted this last night guess it didn't go thru.
4 hour meeting yesterday
This company is building aluminum hands for a glove company. They will be building several 100 thousand hands. I always wondered how they made gloves LOL
Any way we will have to buy 500 sets or 1000 aluminum drums. What they are willing to do is buy aluminum in bulk the same time the contract is awarded after the first.
This will keep our pricing lower.
Talked to several f-body companies & other Gbody vendors in interest. They are.
To answer your question s-10's all Gbodies & F bodies have the same bolt pattern & will interchange.
We have to pay for the molds. After the first 1000 run the price should drop a few $.
I'm putting the mold fee in the first 1000.
They watch the aluminum & steel market daily. When they find it low which should be even lower after the first, they will nail down a price on the mold & the drum.
The steel insert will be just like original.
GNocide: Brian relax,
I know but you get burnt out when you try keeping it local. That way we have a hand in what is going on.
TurboDave & Heath Tired of supporting China. :
I think I know how you feel!. It seems now days that so very few really care about high quality and the costs involved. It all comes around to "how cheap can I get it". Fit and finish be damned.
Exactly! we will travel 30 minutes to make sure everything is correct & be able to test on different applications.
The best thing is there is a huge Steel manufacturing company 20 minutes away. So raw product can be bought there & transport fees will be minimal.
All I can say is AHOSKIE,NC who new LOL
There is a reason I haven't named my suppliers. I think this will nail us down to exclusives on everything we build.
I have spoke with Shane & Jay & we might be getting the twin turbo headers built there as well.
This company builds wheels. Custom work isn't a problem either. I saw on their walls Bikes they built frames for ,wheels for, powder coated the parts for it & they are on the cover of the magazine.
Didn't build the entire bike but Manufactured everything for it.
Their operations have dropped alot in the last several years due to exports to China(90%). We are hoping to work on items that will save the Buicks & Gbodies & other cars that interchange.
They have built parts for black & decker de-walt,Bosch etc. The list goes on.
There equipment & facalities are paid for & are working on a skeleton crew. This hopefully will keep prices down.
No I do not have a definite $ yet or a ball park. But they want to work with us for a long time. I let them know what used sold for, new sold for & they feel confident at 1000 they can get us where we need to be.