On Tuesday 02 September 2003 12:09 pm, Daniel1312@aol.com wrote:
> Would you buy one and for how much of a premium of what Moss
> and VB sell for?
I think your going to have to offer something pretty special to compete with
the "Westlake" styled cover that is already availible. MiniMania sell this
for $54.
As for what premium I would pay, that depends.
If I was building up a Speedwell Coupe and I wanted to go "all out" I might
pay $100 for a cover with a SpeedWell logo on it. However, I do not think
there are many people that are in that situation. That would be a niche of
an already niche market.
If I am anyone else I think the Westlake one already fits the bill.
Anyhow, here some ideas to toss around:
If you crinkle paint it you won't have to polish it. That would save much
labor cost. The top of the fins need only be run across a belt sander to get
the "Ford Cobra" styled look.
How about an cleverly designed casting with a "mounting point" for a Custom
name plate? You could then have a bunch of logo'd plates made up. You then
could sell the unit with/without the plate at different price points.
Chuck makes a good point regarding the filler cap. Look for something "off
the shelf" that fullfills this requirement. Don't you or the foundry attempt
to design the cap. Locate a nice pre-made flip cap and design the cover to
accept it.
Think "elegant design" & "simple manufacture".
Have you looked into an Asia foundry? I'll bet you that Westlake styled one
is made in Asia. However, I am sure "Made in UK" holds some value to your
potential market.
BTW, I recently recieved an unsolicited email from a foundry in Asia the other
day at work. Why they were trying to drum up business from a software
engineer I'll never know. Unless...maybe they knew that I knew you...and
that they knew you were looking into foundry's....OH MY GOD! THEIR MONITORING
US...THEIR..THEIR..TAKING OVER THE WORLD!!!
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