Originally Posted by
Fordmad!
Ive been thinking this for a while (may be a stupid question)
Noticed a lot of threads saying how hard it is to get hold of rare items.
Why does someone just start reproducing them?
Lots of plastic parts which I guess would be easy enough to reproduce etc etc
Always wondered why no firms etc havnt done this.
I know they wouldn't be genuine ford but surly that shouldn't matter if they are parts that you simply cant buy anymore.
Someone tell e how stupid I am and give me a list of reasons why not
I would imagine that the demand isn't there in mass for these items, .
It's ok reproducing them (obviously license permitting) but if you only have a handful of people wanting them, then it wouldn't be worth it.
To list other reasons:
Cost of tooling
Cost of license to reproduce froma patented part
Demand.
All of these things need to be outweighed by the amount of demand in the market.
Another thing, if you produced a part that you know would last for 10 yrs plus, then you will never sell another one to the same person as it wouldn't be needed.