I believe something similar was the case with the original Volkswagen beetle
still being made
in Mexico until just this year.
Larry
Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Not so crazy. When the Morris Minor was discontinued in England in 1962
> (?) some people managed to acquire the tooling and continued to make
> major components for it (and, I suspect, still do) as the vehicle has a
> fanatical following. There is a specialist in melbourne who still
> rebirths them - 'woody' estates and convertibles command very good
> prices. There was also the fan who created the only genuine 1963 model
> - self built entirely from spares. Cost him 3-4 times the retail price
> of a 1962 new example off the floor, not allowing for the labour! But
> it is unique, of course. One that reckoning, a genuine 2005 Boutique
> Engineered OM4Ti should sell for around $10,000!
> AndrewF
>
> On 23/05/2004, at 3:11 AM, Tom Scales wrote:
>
> >
> > I meant Olympus Japan, I guess.
> >
> > I want the manufacturing tooling.
> >
> > New 4Ti anyone?
> >
> > Tom
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Andrew Gullen" <andrew.gullen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 10:56 AM
> > Subject: [OM] Re: Olympus moving to PA
> >
> >
> >> on 2004/05/22 10:05 AM, Tom Scales at tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>
> >>> If they'd sell the OM tooling.......
> >>
> >> It's not like Olympus America produces anything.
> >>
> >> You mean repair tooling, I guess.
> >>
> >> Andrew
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