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There was someone doing stainless wishbones, can't remember who it is now, they were quite spendy though !!!

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

See what you get for leaving without telling us where you are going! I thought you've been a little quiet lately.

I'm pretty impressed with the quality of these wishbones, Ken. If someone was building a high dollar car these couild be chromed very easily, hardly any prep work compared to using original ones.

BTW, you may have also missed that I sold my 46 Tudor to Don. He was looking for a new project and I was looking for some room in my part of the shop, so we made a deal. He's started moving ahead on it already, he ordered one of the TCI parallel rear spring setups for it. I hope he does a build thread on it when he starts.

How about your projects?

Don

I remember seeing those. They were nice, but like you said, about $ 700 a pair, I think. At $ 300 a pair these were more my speed. Usually, when people reproduce something they always get something wrong, just enough to make them not quite the same as the originals. Not the case with these, whoever Speedway is buying them from did a great job of cloning IMO.

Don

Originally Posted by roadster32

There was someone doing stainless wishbones, can't remember who it is now, they were quite spendy though !!!

I don't know if it's the same hardware you saw, but there was a guy in Vegas who was making some a few years ago. He would display them at the LAR swap/show for a couple years. Very well made and looked terrific. But too many people had the same reaction to the price you did. They could still be had, but you'd have to "motivate" him.

Could be the same ones, Bob. I think I saw an ad in one of the hot rod mags for them too. I guess, being that they were stainless and probably limited production, the price wasn't horrible, and they could be polished I would think. If you took these Speedway ones and had them chromed you would probably be in that price range anyway, so maybe they weren't a bad deal in stainless.

Bob, on a side note, I just saw some information that your State, Washington, is proposing a bill to do away with antique collector car plates. Have you heard anything about that?

Don

No, not eliminating the use of the plates, but currently when registering the car with YOM plate it's a one time fee of $35, "good for life" (until sale then it cycles again). Under that program you're limited to use for "car shows" only; driving to and from basically.

The new proposal is for $30 annual fee and somewhat looser restrictions on use, but the bill is in committee so it's likely to get massaged some.

The one time fee was/is an awfully good deal...........so difficult to believe the money grubbers in the state capital would leave it alone, but the real concern is any change usually is just the opening round to future attacks.

What was posted on another forum was that Fred Finn has proposed this bill. Is that the same one you are speaking about, Bob? Here is part of what the poster said on the other forum:

"There has been a bill introduced into the legislature to effectively do away with the benefits of having a collector plate on your vehicle. House Bill 1134 proposes a $30 annual renewal fee for Horseless Carriage and Collector plates. Please read the bill and if you are opposed to this new revenue measure by the state government, you need to contact your representatives in the legislature and let them know how you feel and how you want them to vote on this measure or if they have the horsepower, to kill it."


Don

As you know, sometimes you have to interpret what people write because they use words loosely. e.g. "effectively do away with benefits". I presume his main focus is the inexpensive fee of one time $35 vs. $30 annual. I know that will hit my wallet as I have 5 of them. On the other hand, what's the alternative? If you go with regular, no restriction plates, the fee will be even higher than the $30 annual, and because the way the regular plate statute is written you must mount plates front and rear. The YOM plates only require one mounted on the rear, no front necessary (which those of us who don't like "clutter" appreciate). So, IF it works as it appears there will still be some benefit, but cost more. I looked at Nevada as an alternative last year and it was much higher, even than the new proposal, so, like most things in life, you compare your alternatives and choose what works best for you. My first preference would be for we as citizens to force the clowns we elect to budget and spend responsibly.........................but too many of my fellow citizens here don't quite see it my way.

Don - I was in the market for stainless whishbones so I reasearched it pretty good. Allen Johnson in South Carolina advertised them but really isn't making them yet. They will be cast but donn't have the tooling done yet. They are making billet aluminum ones now that are really nice. I asked if they would make me a set out of stainless and it came out to $9,000. He is really a nice guy, I felt bad waisting a lot of his time giving me a estimate. But he explained the hours it would take and at a reasonable shop rate that's what it would be. So I'm on my own, we are going to make them here. Cen Pen also advertised them but I had no luck there.
Ken