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Offline Kendo

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Re: what's wrong with this photo?
« Reply #15 on: Saturday,November 12, 2022, 01:35:57 PM »
Reversing that, what molds are you looking for? I bet we collectively have a lot of unique distributor caps in our garages ;)

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Re: what's wrong with this photo?
« Reply #16 on: Saturday,November 12, 2022, 04:24:07 PM »
Any of the old British cars. I can get the caps to copy. But a new mold costs over $25,000.

When a manufacturer stops production, they will either scrap the mold of stuff it away. What I need is a lead on where they may be stuffed away.
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Re: what's wrong with this photo?
« Reply #17 on: Saturday,November 12, 2022, 04:57:28 PM »
I would guess that copying a cap is doable but getting an original mold would be better?

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Re: what's wrong with this photo?
« Reply #18 on: Sunday,November 13, 2022, 04:08:09 AM »
Definitely

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Re: what's wrong with this photo?
« Reply #19 on: Sunday,November 13, 2022, 08:20:39 AM »
So would it be helpful to send you a cap to copy? I wonder if you’re not into rotors as well but that might be a bigger uphill sell for you since the distributor doctor seems to have that cornered.

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Re: what's wrong with this photo?
« Reply #20 on: Sunday,November 13, 2022, 10:49:30 AM »
No, I would only need a cap to copy if I was to build a mold. Too expensive. I need the molds from someone else for the caps and / or rotors.
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Re: what's wrong with this photo?
« Reply #21 on: Sunday,November 13, 2022, 11:56:21 AM »
Rats! I was hoping that a '70s era genuine Lucas cap might be useful to you. I hope you find some!