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What would be the needed projected retail price, per set of 5, to make it "happen"?
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What would be the needed projected retail price, per set of 5, to make it "happen"?
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Paul, you out there ? this was your project and you were so close...... care to chime in and let us know what happened.
Later, Buzz
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The project is dead in the water, due to the economic slow down. The market for hundreds of sets required for manufacturing efficiencies of scale and affordable pricing is not there presently.
Lots of people say they're interested, but when you ask them what they would pay per wheel, or if you tell them they must buy a whole set of 5, they either throw out a price so low that you can not recover the investment costs, go away pretty quickly.
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Le projet est mort dans l'eau, due au ralentissement économique. Le marché pour des centaines d'ensembles exigés pour des efficacités de fabrication de balance et de l'évaluation accessible n'est pas là actuellement.
Un bon nombre de gens disent ils sont intéressés, mais quand vous leur demandez que ce qu'elles payeraient par roue, ou si vous leur dites elles devez acheter toute une série de 5, elles l'un ou l'autre jet dehors un prix tellement bas que vous ne pouvez pas récupérer les charges de placement, partent assez rapidement.
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Le projet est mort dans l'eau, due au ralentissement économique. Le marché pour des centaines d'ensembles exigés pour des efficacités de fabrication de balance et de l'évaluation accessible n'est pas là actuellement.
Un bon nombre de gens disent ils sont intéressés, mais quand vous leur demandez que ce qu'elles payeraient par roue, ou si vous leur dites elles devez acheter toute une série de 5, elles l'un ou l'autre jet dehors un prix tellement bas que vous ne pouvez pas récupérer les charges de placement, partent assez rapidement.
Good one John! 
my q is where are all the 15X6 wheel all I can find are 15X7 ???? 
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someone I saw on the web stamps them jusy like ma mopar did??? 25 a wheel
(just a little ribbing)
sign of a true ebody guy
but before you 
I call out PAUL on this subject that was in it's final stages and suddenly droped off the face of the earth...... and for some reason Paul becomes JOHN 
and answers me . Anyway, (John) I get it no repro "H" wheels...... soooorrryyyy for asking.
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John.... as always you just love
Later, BUZZ
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John.... as always you just love
Later, BUZZ
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Buzz,
Just to fill you in, John is one of the Partners in the wheel project. When we first started the Project the Minimum order was 800-1000 wheels we were Ok with that number and as tooling was finished and all licensing was completed the wheel company that we were dealing with changed policys/GM's and now Min order became larger, 2500 wheels!!!
We just dont think we can move that many wheels, thats 500 sets of 5 not to mention the storage for 2500 boxed wheels then add in the economy and there you have it!
Price on single sets of wheels wasnt our big issue its after we sell the first 50 or so sets of wheels what are we going to do with and where are we going to store the remaining 450 sets (2250 wheels)and will we ever sell that many sets in our lifetime???
Buzz we are not doing the wheels at this time. If your looking for a set of H's give Pete a call, Hes a straight shooter and will give you an honest decription!!!
Thanks Paul
I'm fixin,
"couple of dings,add proper "seasoning" and waa-laa! OEM!" THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN!!! We had company logo on the inside rimshell so everybody would know there a repo, theres lots of repro parts out there and there marketed that way!REPRO
..mike
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Guys, sorry for the delayed reply.
Wasn't trying to stir any pots. Paul did a great job (better than me) explaining what happened on the wheel project.
It was really a shame. We have a lot of sunk costs into the project, including engineering, trademark royalties, etc.
We really would have loved to make it happen, but the economy tanking was the final strike after the wheel company changed its minimum order quantity.
Last I spoke to Chrysler's licensing group (pre-bankruptcy), they had another interested party to make the wheels, so I'm not sure if everybody's dream of a repro H wheel might come true after all.
on this one .... 
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buzz,
for gods sake why don't you just pony up for a set of originals buddy you have been after them for yeeeeeaaaarrrssssssss!!!!
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buzz,
for gods sake why don't you just give Dave Watt your full VIN# for his A12 database after all these yeeeeeaaaarrrssssssss!!!!
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buzz,
for gods sake why don't you just pony up for a set of originals buddy you have been after them for yeeeeeaaaarrrssssssss!!!!
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What is the story with H wheels? I picked a pair of 15X8's a couple weeks ago with the H stamped on them, i remembered seeing threads on here about them but never understood what the big deal was with them.
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What is the story with H wheels? I picked a pair of 15X8's a couple weeks ago with the H stamped on them, i remembered seeing threads on here about them but never understood what the big deal was with them.
If you have an A12 car without H wheels,you will be looked down/frowned upon by all those that do have them !!
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What is the story with H wheels? I picked a pair of 15X8's a couple weeks ago with the H stamped on them, i remembered seeing threads on here about them but never understood what the big deal was with them.
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A buddy of mine works at Kelsey Wheel in Sedalia, MO. I wonder if they would be interested in taking on tooling and production. I was thinking they made mainly steel wheels there only.
Just a thought.
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I thought RestoRick was doing some work to a more common wheel to provide the correct looking, size, dated, dimpled wheel all of the A12 guys were after?
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What is the story with H wheels? I picked a pair of 15X8's a couple weeks ago with the H stamped on them, i remembered seeing threads on here about them but never understood what the big deal was with them.
If you have an A12 car without H wheels,you will be looked down/frowned upon by all those that do have them !!
thats ok..
i take that as a invite to start picking thier(sic) car apart!
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What is the story with H wheels? I picked a pair of 15X8's a couple weeks ago with the H stamped on them, i remembered seeing threads on here about them but never understood what the big deal was with them.
If you have an A12 car without H wheels,you will be looked down/frowned upon by all those that do have them !!
thats ok..
i take that as a invite to start picking thier(sic) car apart!
And your poor spelling too.
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What is the story with H wheels? I picked a pair of 15X8's a couple weeks ago with the H stamped on them, i remembered seeing threads on here about them but never understood what the big deal was with them.
If you have an A12 car without H wheels,you will be looked down/frowned upon by all those that do have them !!
thats ok..
i take that as a invite to start picking thier(sic) car apart!
And your poor spelling too.
who's grading my paper? besides you?
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What is the story with H wheels? I picked a pair of 15X8's a couple weeks ago with the H stamped on them, i remembered seeing threads on here about them but never understood what the big deal was with them.
If you have an A12 car without H wheels,you will be looked down/frowned upon by all those that do have them !!
thats ok..
i take that as a invite to start picking thier(sic) car apart!
And your poor spelling too.
who's grading my paper? besides you?
Anyone with an ounce of gray matter.
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What is the story with H wheels? I picked a pair of 15X8's a couple weeks ago with the H stamped on them, i remembered seeing threads on here about them but never understood what the big deal was with them.
If you have an A12 car without H wheels,you will be looked down/frowned upon by all those that do have them !!
thats ok..
i take that as a invite to start picking thier(sic) car apart!
And your poor spelling too.
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What is the story with H wheels? I picked a pair of 15X8's a couple weeks ago with the H stamped on them, i remembered seeing threads on here about them but never understood what the big deal was with them.
If you have an A12 car without H wheels,you will be looked down/frowned upon by all those that do have them !!
thats ok..
i take that as a invite to start picking thier(sic) car apart!
And your poor spelling too.
should you not be hanging out in the A-body forum where u belong??
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What is the story with H wheels? I picked a pair of 15X8's a couple weeks ago with the H stamped on them, i remembered seeing threads on here about them but never understood what the big deal was with them.
If you have an A12 car without H wheels,you will be looked down/frowned upon by all those that do have them !!
thats ok..
i take that as a invite to start picking thier(sic) car apart!
And your poor spelling too.
should you not be hanging out in the A-body forum where u belong??
r. sack, your cars are owned by your wife.
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What is the story with H wheels? I picked a pair of 15X8's a couple weeks ago with the H stamped on them, i remembered seeing threads on here about them but never understood what the big deal was with them.
If you have an A12 car without H wheels,you will be looked down/frowned upon by all those that do have them !!
thats ok..
i take that as a invite to start picking thier(sic) car apart!
And your poor spelling too.
should you not be hanging out in the A-body forum where u belong??
r. sack, your cars are owned by your wife.
i'm still confused...why ain't u on the A-body forum where u belong??