[urq] Sport hood update- good news, bad news

[Stephen Redford]

---------  I agree with Steve Eiche and Ben Howell ,   "I want a hood"    I will pay the extra as stated.   Steve , thanks for doing the "leg" work... I still think it is a friggin..  Deal .       Not cheap , but a carbon hood with vents etc. from the sport hood and to fit our Urq's...  I am glad for the chance...    Stephen




  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: bhowell at rmi.net<mailto:bhowell at rmi.net> 
  To: seiche at shadetreesoftware.com<mailto:seiche at shadetreesoftware.com> ; djdawson2 at aol.com<mailto:djdawson2 at aol.com> ; bhowell at rmi.net<mailto:bhowell at rmi.net> ; kwfluhr at cfl.rr.com<mailto:kwfluhr at cfl.rr.com> ; quattro650 at sbcglobal.net<mailto:quattro650 at sbcglobal.net> ; jakermiester at msn.com<mailto:jakermiester at msn.com> ; shr42 at msn.com<mailto:shr42 at msn.com> ; tireland72 at hotmail.com<mailto:tireland72 at hotmail.com> ; msylvester at verizon.net<mailto:msylvester at verizon.net> ; wstedman at sbcglobal.net<mailto:wstedman at sbcglobal.net> ; benswann at comcast.net<mailto:benswann at comcast.net> ; automekanika1 at aol.com<mailto:automekanika1 at aol.com> ; c.corbishley at comcast.net<mailto:c.corbishley at comcast.net> ; klodzko at hotmail.com<mailto:klodzko at hotmail.com> 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 11:29 AM
  Subject: RE: Sport hood update- good news, bad news


  $250?!? Who Cares?! Just tell 'em to make the freakin' things?!?! :-)

  Seriously, I think if more people were interested, they would have piped up
  by now. Plus, with all the SUPER delay's of the Bergeron deal (has ANYONE
  heard from him?) and with the current delays/changes, it more likely that
  people are going to be less than excited about ponying up the cash this
  time. 

  Bergeron has about $3000 of other people's money at this point. Maybe
  someone should give him the option of throwing that into "The Pot" to make
  things right?

  Ben "REALLY wants a hood" Howell


  Original Message:
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  From: Steve Eiche seiche at shadetreesoftware.com<mailto:seiche at shadetreesoftware.com>
  Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:07:19 -0600
  To: Djdawson2 at aol.com<mailto:Djdawson2 at aol.com>, bhowell at rmi.net<mailto:bhowell at rmi.net>, kwfluhr at cfl.rr.com<mailto:kwfluhr at cfl.rr.com>,
  quattro650 at sbcglobal.net<mailto:quattro650 at sbcglobal.net>, jakermiester at msn.com<mailto:jakermiester at msn.com>, shr42 at msn.com<mailto:shr42 at msn.com>,
  tireland72 at hotmail.com<mailto:tireland72 at hotmail.com>, msylvester at verizon.net<mailto:msylvester at verizon.net>, wstedman at sbcglobal.net<mailto:wstedman at sbcglobal.net>,
  benswann at comcast.net<mailto:benswann at comcast.net>, automekanika1 at aol.com<mailto:automekanika1 at aol.com>, c.corbishley at comcast.net<mailto:c.corbishley at comcast.net>,
  klodzko at hotmail.com<mailto:klodzko at hotmail.com>
  Subject: Sport hood update- good news, bad news


  You have been sent this email because you have put down deposits on 
  carbon fiber Sport type hoods for type 85 Audis.  If you are on the 
  list, but don't have a deposit in, let me know.  Also let me know, if 
  you know someone who put in a deposit (which has not been refunded) who 
  is not on the list

   I just got off of the phone with Ed Kowbel with Automekanika.   As I am 
  sure you are aware of by now, the hoods did not get produced by Five 
  Star Bodies in WI as originally arranged.  We never did get a good 
  reason for why they quit the job, but we believe that it was quoted too 
  low and we waited too long to get the project going.  Whatever the case, 
  they are not building the hoods.   The model hood was then shipped to 
  Modified in CA, but their quote was deal killing high.   Now Fiber 
  Images in CA has quoted the hood, and it willing and able to build 
  them.  This is the company that I had hoped we would go with from the 
  start.  

  Now the bad news.  Fiber Images quote for the hoods is about $250 more 
  per hood than the original price agreed upon with Five Star, due to the 
  complexity of the hood , etc.  Considering that Five Star ended up not 
  building the hoods, I would say that Fiber Images' quote is reasonable, 
  especially considering that their competition quoted it for $400 more.  
  So, here is the situation.  Four people have now backed out of the deal 
  and received their deposits back.   If you wish to back out now, it is 
  totally understandable and Ed is more than willing to return your 
  deposit.  If you wish to stay in, it is going to cost another $250 at 
  delivery (not now, unless we don't find some more buyers).    We also 
  need to find four more people to purchase hoods to make up for those 
  that were lost as there is no longer enough money in the coffers to pay 
  the 1/2 down Fiber Images needs..  If we don't find more buyers and/or 
  aren't willing to put in more money the deal is pretty much dead.  Ed 
  wants to make this happen, but it makes no sense to do it if he is going 
  to lose money on the deal.   I haven't bounced this off of Ed yet, but 
  perhaps we could charge more for "new" hood buyers to offset the costs.  
  The thing is, I don't know if there will be much interest at $1500.

  Want we need to know ASAP is if you are still in for a total price of 
  $1250 + shipping from CA.  It cost $125 to CO when I got a B4 hood from 
  Fiber Images, and $150 to Chicago.  East coast would be higher 
  obviously, and they can bundle shipments.  We have at least four going 
  to Chicago (probably Ed's shop), four going to CO and the rest I think 
  are individual.  Next we need to find more people interested, or else 
  put more money in.  I am all for the former.

  For those of you who do not know Fiber Images, they have made a lot of 
  CF hoods, trunks, you name it, for Audis.  They recently made a run of 
  B4 80/90 hoods that were absolutely stunning.  Those hoods were much 
  less money, but they did a higher quantity with a much less complex 
  design and built off of a stock, off the shelf hood, not a hood that had 
  to come from Germany and worked to a high degree to be suitable to make 
  a mold from..  There is some mark up on the hoods for Ed, but that is 
  only going to cover his investment in the project.   Personally, I don't 
  think that there is any way to duplicate these hoods and get them to the 
  US for any less.   If we did 100 of them in Taiwan maybe, but not in the 
  US or Europe.

  -- 
  Steve Eiche



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