by Alan D. » Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:07 pm
Hello all,
Just an update on the progress of the project. I've spoken to the supplier, who is a very informed and helpful man. The first thing that he checked, was to see if he had tooling available, his initially enquires seemed to indicate that all is well there. But we do have to give him to dimensions to check. The other thing which Hans mentioned was that some screens fit better than others. Does anyone have any experience of this? The other thing he is going to confirm the price, as the initial price was an estimate. But in view of the quantity ( 22 so far) we are ordering I don't think this will be a problem.
The screens would probable be coming from Spain with a six to eight weeks lead time!
We would pay a £50 deposit on each screen with the balance payable the week before arrival. Payment vehicle to be arranged, probably cheque to someone, who would then pay him, which is what he would prefer.
He would be prepared to deliver all of the screens to one site in his van for free. So this means we would need a Midas gathering somewhere in the middle of the country. If we could this done in time for Stoneliegh, that would be ideal!
He can deliver to you personally at about £40-50 insured on the UK mainland and it would be about £150 (GBP) to say Germany, again insured.
So whats next, well for me opening rear quarter lights, this supplier may be able to help me with this, and I would like to look at sound proofing, does anyone have experience of sound proofing. We could start another thread on that. Real fantasy land would be air conditioning!
I've spoken to him about a new proper rear heated hatch, He is going to work out a price. I would have to provide him with a sample to work from. I do have a hatch which I can use. Does anyone know of any issues with the hatch, do we have to make any changes or amendments to the original, now is the time to speak out!
So there we are, we will nearly have an all year round usable car, which doesn't rust! It also will not be deprecating anymore, I hope! So cancel your order for your new Merc!
The order book is not closed so if anybody else wants to join in, your welcome.
Alan
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Alan D. on Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:02 am, edited 2 times in total.