[DeTomaso] Gooseneck fuel filler caps for sale
marshall smith
marshallgsmith at sbcglobal.net
Thu Oct 25 16:54:13 EDT 2018
Thanks for the great deal on a beautiful part Mike!
Marshall
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On Thu, 10/25/18, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Gooseneck fuel filler caps for sale
To: "MARK CHARLTON" <pantera01826 at rogers.com>, "Mike Drew via DeTomaso" <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>, "Detomaso Email List" <detomaso at detomasolist.com>
Date: Thursday, October 25, 2018, 10:44 AM
Personally I thought they
were laughably cheap considering the
programming, billet aluminum cost then CNC work that goes
into them,
plus they looked a quality
item.
I think the
problem is that some folks associate having a 1970's
car
with 1970's prices and are
oblivious to inflation. A cap purchased in
1980 for $20 now has a present inflated
dollar value of a little over
$61.
Making these with an aye
for a chain to allow them to hang from the
filler neck whilst filling would alleviate
many losses.
Julian
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on behalf of
MARK CHARLTON <pantera01826 at rogers.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2018 9:57 AM
To: Mike Drew via DeTomaso
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Gooseneck fuel
filler caps for sale
Hey Mike,
I will be happy to have a
spare on my shelf, even at your "exorbitant"
price. Ha Ha Ha. Good thing I live the real
world. I know all about
set-up costs,
and if I had $5 for every time a client challenged me on
WHY something we made was so expensive,
I'd be retired now. My response
is
usually along the lines of "because you aren't
buying 100,000 pcs
like Wal-Mart, and my
shop isn't in China"...
PayPal?
Personal delivery included? Say around February? ;-)
Mark
Mark Charlton
pantera01826 at rogers.com
> On Oct 24, 2018, at 9:32 PM, Mike Drew
via DeTomaso
<detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
wrote:
>
>
Jim,
>
>
It's all in the setup time. You bought yours when they
were still
in
>
production and had been purchased in the hundreds, and were
just
> sitting on the shelf. That
drives the cost way down.
>
> I had to buy 20 to make it somewhat
reasonable. If I had just had
two
> made, they would have cost hundreds
of dollars each. And if I had
a
> thousand made they probably would
have cost $15 or something.....
>
> Mike
>
Sent from my iPad
> On Oct 24,
2018, at 17:52, Jim Wallace <[1]pantera_4220 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> Mike,
>
At that price I am glad I have two in my
inventory......someone is
> making
a killing!
> Jim
>
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>
> From: Mike
Drew via DeTomaso <[2]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
> To: De Tomaso Forum <[3]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2018
4:22 PM
> Subject: [DeTomaso]
Gooseneck fuel filler caps for sale
> Guys,
> Most 1971-73
Panteras have been fitted with an aftermarket
gooseneck
> fuel
filler that was made for many years by Hall Pantera. This
filler
> uses a
billet aluminum fine-thread cap, equipped with the De
Tomaso
> logo and a rubber seal
(both to contain fumes and to provide
friction
> so it won't vibrate
loose).
> Some may remember that
many years ago, Larry Finch lost his cap in
a
> gas station,
and discovered that the filler neck and cap had been
> discontinued and they were no
longer available. He tooled up to
have
a
> run of new caps made, and
quickly sold out.
> In July, a
friend in Germany managed to forget his cap in France on
his
> way home
from Le Mans. He asked me to source a replacement, and
> committed to buying two to have one
as a spare, a wise move indeed.
>
After searching all around I found that there were no
replacement
caps
> to be found. After talking with Larry, I decided to
follow his lead
and
> have another production run made. The extra
machining required for
the
> addition of the De Tomaso logo cap,
and the cap itself both added
to
> the cost, but I was determined to
maintain the quality of the
>
originals.
> I now have a limited
number available for purchase (18 remaining).
Once
> they are
gone, there will be no more. I have no financial interest
> apart from trying to make my money
back; I am selling them at my
cost,
> which is $50 each.
> Here is what they look like:
> As I said, when this limited
production run is gone, there will be
no
> more. I have always kept a
spare for myself because of the inherent
> risk of losing these caps (the seal insures they
won't fall off by
>
themselves, but nothing will prevent you from leaving it on
top of
the
>
gas station pump).
> If you are
interested in having a spare cap, contact me right away.
If
> I don't
sell all of them to you guys, eventually they will be
sold
(for
> a
higher price) on eBay.
>
Cheers!
> Mike
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