John Geesink in NZ was making superb replica parts for W.W. II jeeps. He
created a stamp that he punched in in an inconsipcuous place, but which
judges (and knowledgeable buyers) could find.
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Van Hoomissen <rvanhoo@IBM.net>
To: INDUSTELE@aol.com <INDUSTELE@aol.com>
Cc: mil-veh@skylee.com <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Date: Monday, August 23, 1999 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Ethical Question
>Make them 100% and stamp your initials on them, if it's ok with Joe
>Young. R.
>
>INDUSTELE@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> Gentlemen, I have an ethical question, and I would like a general opinion
as
>> to which way to proceed.
>>
>> 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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