Perhaps you didn't follow the whole thread (or mixed up my comments with =
someone else's?), but what we were talking about was repairing an =
original Jeep body vs. replacing the entire body (or most of it) with an =
aftermarket body.
I think there's a huge difference between say, replacing a piece of =
rusted out floorboard vs. replacing the whole tub.
Naturally, sometimes a body section is, for practical purposes, beyond =
repair...and maybe you can't get an NOS panel to replace it. Fine, in =
this case even I would use an aftermarket panel...if it fits. Some do, =
some don't.
However, I suspect that you'd agree with me that if you replace all, or =
most, of a vehicle's body with one that was made by a third party, it's =
pretty hard to call it an original vehicle. If you can use third-party =
parts that had the manufacturer's approval or met all of their =
specifications, that might be different.
Alan
-----Original Message-----
From: Lida L. Bensinger [SMTP:mitymite@juno.com]
Sent: Friday, July 18, 1997 9:13 AM
To: mil-veh@skylee.com
Subject: Re: [MV] After Market Bodies for MBs
>Here's the rub: For the price of an aftermarket body of perhaps=20
>questionable accuracy (not to mention the loss of authenticity), you
could buy a very nice set of quality tools that would last through this
and many future projects.
True, you can make many parts for bodies. I often do this myself. But,
why do you think a new, home-made panel makes the vehicle more original
than a repro panel made my someone else. Both are new metal, thus -
reproduced.
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