New Reproduction Program Update
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 3:19 pm
I wanted to post this note concerning new production parts. Take the time to read it or pass by.
A few things have changed here at Datsunparts.com. We have started again to produce many new parts that have been out of production from Nissan and even from our own catalog.
I have always believed that actively making parts is a way of saying I care about the future restoration of our fine cars and have invested huge amounts of money and resources instead of lining my own pockets for a leisurely retirement. I’ve made hundreds upon hundreds of Datsun Roadster parts. Remember, it costs as much to make a Datsun Roadster emblem as it would for a Porsche and obviously a Porsche emblem could be produced and sold in greater quantity and at a higher price. I have always limited my manufacturing desires to the car I fell in love with and still own. No, I never had the satisfaction of owning the beautiful $50,000.00 Datsun Roadster restoration I could show up to the car show with. I’ve spent that money 10 times over making quality parts for your cars instead and I am ok with it. I get to be present in every car that wins at the meet by virtue of the parts I see that were purchased from us and to be part of the restoration that wins. It has been gratifying and rewarding in so many ways.
Our previous approach to producing a part was based on whether or not I would be able to sell all of the production run in my lifetime. Many times, when I was faced with a (MOQ-Minimum order quantity) of 500 pieces, I had to guess how many pieces I would really actually sell in my lifetime. If, on a particular part, it was 200 pieces that I could eventually sell I would have to amortize the cost of the additional 300 pieces into the 200 to arrive at an actual cost. That means being able to accept, at the end of the day, throwing away 300 pieces in the garbage and a higher than normal retail price. If I could not justify making a part though this process I would not move forward and order samples which has been rare. Most of the time, as you may know, I have moved forward while other times I just had to regretfully file the drawings away.
What has changed here is that I am no longer attached to the idea that I, personally, will ever see the inventory of parts I have produced in the past or will produce in the future, that is in our warehouses, ever being sold in my lifetime. This was a hard pill to swallow.
My health is excellent and I hope to be present here helping, developing and fine tuning this business. Since there is already something in place that allows this business to eventually go on without me, it has freed up in me the desire to tackle many projects that I have always wanted to do, but could not justify because of the aforementioned considerations.
As you will see it has allowed me to set price points closer to the last known prices the Nissan parts had before they went out of production. It is our goal to keep the prices affordable to keep customers from towing their cars to the junk yard preserving the existence of these cars here on this planet. Hopefully you will continue to show us your support in this venture as you have in the past.
That being said, let me now point you all to some new, quality, parts that I am pleased to share with you....
Thanks, Dean
A few things have changed here at Datsunparts.com. We have started again to produce many new parts that have been out of production from Nissan and even from our own catalog.
I have always believed that actively making parts is a way of saying I care about the future restoration of our fine cars and have invested huge amounts of money and resources instead of lining my own pockets for a leisurely retirement. I’ve made hundreds upon hundreds of Datsun Roadster parts. Remember, it costs as much to make a Datsun Roadster emblem as it would for a Porsche and obviously a Porsche emblem could be produced and sold in greater quantity and at a higher price. I have always limited my manufacturing desires to the car I fell in love with and still own. No, I never had the satisfaction of owning the beautiful $50,000.00 Datsun Roadster restoration I could show up to the car show with. I’ve spent that money 10 times over making quality parts for your cars instead and I am ok with it. I get to be present in every car that wins at the meet by virtue of the parts I see that were purchased from us and to be part of the restoration that wins. It has been gratifying and rewarding in so many ways.
Our previous approach to producing a part was based on whether or not I would be able to sell all of the production run in my lifetime. Many times, when I was faced with a (MOQ-Minimum order quantity) of 500 pieces, I had to guess how many pieces I would really actually sell in my lifetime. If, on a particular part, it was 200 pieces that I could eventually sell I would have to amortize the cost of the additional 300 pieces into the 200 to arrive at an actual cost. That means being able to accept, at the end of the day, throwing away 300 pieces in the garbage and a higher than normal retail price. If I could not justify making a part though this process I would not move forward and order samples which has been rare. Most of the time, as you may know, I have moved forward while other times I just had to regretfully file the drawings away.
What has changed here is that I am no longer attached to the idea that I, personally, will ever see the inventory of parts I have produced in the past or will produce in the future, that is in our warehouses, ever being sold in my lifetime. This was a hard pill to swallow.
My health is excellent and I hope to be present here helping, developing and fine tuning this business. Since there is already something in place that allows this business to eventually go on without me, it has freed up in me the desire to tackle many projects that I have always wanted to do, but could not justify because of the aforementioned considerations.
As you will see it has allowed me to set price points closer to the last known prices the Nissan parts had before they went out of production. It is our goal to keep the prices affordable to keep customers from towing their cars to the junk yard preserving the existence of these cars here on this planet. Hopefully you will continue to show us your support in this venture as you have in the past.
That being said, let me now point you all to some new, quality, parts that I am pleased to share with you....
Thanks, Dean