On Mar 14, 2005, at 2:01 PM, Dodd, Kelvin wrote:
> Matt:
>
> 142-260 is the plastic lens, with formed chrome cap and the turned
> alloy
> bulbholder. The design is obsolete and the piece is only available as
> a
> limited quantity reproduction with high tooling cost/unit. They used
> to
> be $64.95 retail when purchased from a third party, but Moss Motors
> tooled up for the part and was able to get the price down a bit.
>
> The 142-265 being a later design was used in many vehicles and is still
> a popular off the shelf item, and available from a major British parts
> manufacturer at a low cost.
>
> Hope this answers your question. Usually a large price difference is
> due to real cost differences, either in actual purchase cost or
> amortization of tooling and manufacturing overhead costs.
>
> Kelvin Dodd
Goodness. I feared as much, and will file that info...
Thanks for the response, and thanks to Moss for the hard work keeping
-- or making -- things like this available.
Should I be unable to dig one up at a swap meet, or fix the one I own,
it's good to know they're out there. But at that kind of a price --
well, I'll at least make an attempt at fixing or finding an old one.
Matt
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