I have "reverse engineered" the much sought after MT-250 radio mount for the
WWII jeep (and other vehicles). I have borrowed one from a museum and am in
the process of making a prototype of my design. The prototype is at the
laser cutters now and expected out on Thursday. I plan to bend and form it
to make sure it matches the original. I've measured and re-measured and
re-measured this thing until it's accurate to 0.0001 inches and is actually
better than the original one I've had to copy (it's 1/8" out of square).
THE ETHICAL QUESTION: I'm torn between making a 100% exact replica, or making
a 98% accurate copy. My reasoning behind this is that since these things are
so scarce, some crook may try to pass them off as original if I made it 100%
exact. I can duplicate the original nameplate and probably the original
rubber parts, and make it 100%; or I can change the nameplate and put a
current date stamped in it and use the original rubber parts and make it 99%
or I can change both the nameplate and the rubber parts and make it 98%
accurate; or the rubber and not the nameplate, etc... What's your thinking
on this? Would you make them 100% and sell them as reproductions and hope
for the best or what?? I'd really like to know your opinion on this.
Thanks for your input. Tom Campbell - Birmingham, Alabama USA
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