Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:57:14 -0500
Reply-To: Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
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From: Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
Subject: Re: JFF - re: Save the Adventurewagen Molds! (ultra long)
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This had crossed my mind but the main issues for me revolve around quality
and having a physical presence at the hightop production location. There
might very well be someone that could and would be interested in
overseeing short run production at the fiberine plant. The other thing is
quality and this is only based on one data point. Karl Mullendore said
that the finish quality of the top he bought from fiberine was less than
he had expected.
Jonathan Farrugia
On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Joe Federici wrote:
> Larry I had contacted them last year, They were the first people I
> called since they already mad a vanagon top. At the time they weren't
> interested due to low interest in the existing mold they had. They may
> however be interested if you and others do a small run. When I
> contacted them I was looking for a home for the molds with out any high
> tops being produced.
>
> JFF
> On Feb 7, 2005, at 12:27 PM, Larry Edson wrote:
>
> I'm at least mildly interested in purchasing a top and have a
> suggestion.
> Contacting Fiberine about taking the AW molds would seem like a logical
> solution. They presumably have all of the materials and knowledge to
> take
> over the project. They have their own mold that doesn't seem to have
> sold
> very well and has some issues so a proven solution with a better history
> should make some sense to them. And they have an established
> distribution
> system to help keep the cost of shipping the finished product down.
> Also,
> I like your idea of modifying the mold to take out the window openings.
> This would simplify production and improve versatility.
>
> Larry
> sonofed@karmannghia.org
> www.ghiatwins.homestead.com
> O o\ /o O
>
> > Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 02:50:44 -0500
> > From: Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
> > Subject: Re: JFF - re: Save the Adventurewagen Molds! (ultra long)
> >
> > Finding a good used donor hightop has not worked out for me partially
> > because of my geographic location in the country. People living in the
> > west have managed to make this happen but it hasn't worked for me. A
> > few
> > years back I did finally manage to find a fiberglass shop in the United
> > States that makes hightops for Vanagons. This is the shop:
> >
> > http://www.fiberine.com/
> >
> > At least one lister that I know of has purchased one of these tops. As
> > far as I can remember that was Karl Mullendore. Perhaps he can speak
> > about the top and his satisfaction with it. From short conversations
> > with
> > him via email it seems that he wasn't totally satisfied with the top.
>
>
>
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