Quote Originally Posted by wbute View Post
Why take the chance on making any parts then? Give the monopoly with Holden to someone else. As far as I see, Rare Spares have taken the deal to supply parts to Holden then they also have commitment to car restorers to make the correct parts. If you can't meet that responsibility, don't take it on.
I would disagree that anyone has a responsibility to supply parts for a machine that would be classed as well and truely obsolete by the manufacturer. In my old job where we designed an manufactured things, after about 8 years a product was deemed to be unsupported and no more spares or otherwise were held in stock.
So to my mind, having rares around is a great thing for all of us that want to keep our old girls on the road long after most people would have 'upgraded' to a newer model.

That said, of course we want these parts to be acurate, and we will and have complained loudly when they're not and don't fit. Which as far as I can tell has helped rares to produce a better quality of part by adapting to the wants of their customer.