> Peter;
> Here's a doomsday scenario I've been contemplating. There are two sources
> creating demand for LBC parts, restoration of a car and maintenance after
> restoration. As more and more LBCs are restored and brought to excellet
> condition,the restoration demand will diminish to a very low level. The
> remaining source of demand is maintenance and damage repair, which level
> depends on how much the vehicles are actually used. I believe because of
> these two factors we will go into a parts drought in the next few years. It
> was economical to reproduce parts when there were lots of cars needing them
> for restoration, but is it economical in terms of number of units produced
> and time on the shelf to reproduce parts into a diminishing demand? How
> badly the demand drops obviously depends in part on how much we drive these
> cars and use up those parts we already have.
>
> If you were the owner of TRF or Moss would you invest thousands, or tens of
> thousands of dollars to reproduce a NLS part of which you only expect to sell
> a few a year at present demand levels?
>
> Any other thoughts on this? Personally Ive reverted to the 70's and I'm
> hoarding parts. Just wish I knew which will run out first.
I'm rather new to the world of economics (being 17), but I'd think that
since restoring old British cars is sort of a luxury item, that the
demand would stay pretty constant. Theres always new people restoring
triumphs, and as many people leaving.
Also, I think triumphs are less popular to restore than say a '69 Camaro
mainly because of availability and they're not on every page of hot rod.
I imagine if there were more NOS, repro, and performance parts for lbcs,
they'd really take off ... I dunno, but I have a few friends who are also
restoring an old car, and they all seem to like my triumph a lot, and I
think they might have thier own if you could get TR parts from summit
racing.... oh well, thats half the fun of an lbc, the rarity...
Ed
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