[DMCForum] Continued: [OT] Andrei's Tubing and Ford Motor Company

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Would you consider stainless steel (DeLorean theme?). 1 1/2" welded
type 304 is only $5 per foot.

Continued Re: Ford Motor Company:

I find it very convenient to be able to xRef so easily in the junkyard
and parts house.

And how about the cost of those parts, eh? Just a fraction of any
other manufacturer.

On the rare ocassion when a Ford actually breaks...

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Andrei Cular" <andreic@xxxx> wrote:
> I have that page marked in my book.  I just don't have $10/ft +
shipping  to
> put into this bar, but I was going to get the supports from them. 
So far
> the steal support cost me the most @ $26.  Everything else came out
of the
> restraunt before it was torn down. I put a picture of it under
2767_picts on
> the yahoo site, its dark but it was to show the lights at night. 
Its 17ft
> long and the end is 6ft
> 
> Ford gets every penny they can out of a design before changing it. 
When was
> the last time they put effort into a new f150?  I have a 1986 E150
sitting
> in my parents back yard, most of the parts on it are the same as the
2003
> E150 my uncle drives.  Even the mustang Fox body was '79 - '93 then
the new
> body still used much of the 79 technology.  I really like many ford
products
> but they really need to invest in new technology, and make it available
> throughout their ENTIRE product line.
> 
> 
> Andrei
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx>
> To: <DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 5:23 PM
> Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Rails for Andrei
> 
> 
> > You know who my industrial supplier of choice is:
> >
> >
>
http://www.mcmaster.com/asp/DisplCtlgPage.asp?ReqTyp=CATALOG&CtlgPgNbr=1464
> >
> > Every single item in their 3,000 page catalog seems to be in stock in
> > Atlanta -- order today and Fed Ex delivers tomorrow.
> >
> > Check out the BSPT fittings -- a real life saver when re-plumbing a
> > PRV (they actually have about 4 pages scattered throughout the
> > plumbing section):
> >
> >
http://www.mcmaster.com/asp/DisplCtlgPage.asp?ReqTyp=CATALOG&CtlgPgNbr=21
> >
> > Slight clarification Re: Ford Motor Company -- Ford only NEEDS to
> > engineer a new car every 20 years. If you get it right the first
time...
> >
> > Bill Robertson
> > #5939

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