I am so glad I got here to clarify her original response "It would be $12,500 for 6 sleepers." I am no English major, but it really sounded like $2100 each, not $12,500 each. Maybe I will retire and start building fibergl*** bodies.
Sounds like my original post on the subject would be much easier. Modify an existing Peterbilt Sleeper cab as I did.
Hell, for $12,500 I'll all of Ron Covell's cl***es this year, buy a bunch of tools, make one from steel and STILL have it done before Wescotts' could!
$2100 doesn't seem too far out of line for a custom piece that big...... Think about it, how much time and money are you going to spend chopping up a big sleeper and still have something that will never look as good? I wonder though if they would come with a floor or any inner support structure.
Remember when I said I called them last summer and they said 14k for 1? I'll bet you all thought I mis-typed, huh? Even a group buy didn't drop the price much. Too bad since it's such a perfect fit
I really think someone ambitious with fibergl*** skills should offer to buy the mold. They've admitted it needs a lot of work, but I don't really see how that's possible as car body molds can turn out up to thousand pieces before needing extensive work and we all know they didn't make thousands of them.
My guess is that it was a one off mold, never meant for production, so it doesn't throw a high quality part. (maybe plug was less than perfect) All we have seen is pictures of a finished truck, who knows how much work was done to make that one example look perfect. Companies are very careful about letting stuff out that is not up to their quality level
Mold making is a learned skill. Do it wrong and the parts reproduced will be wavy and turn out bad. As the mold is made, care has to be taken so it does not warp as it cures. It also cannot have thick and thin spots or the part being made will cure at different rates and that will cause issues.
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