Re: [Chrysler300] C (and D and E?) armrest bases

[Keith Boonstra <kboonstra@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, by the comments it seems as though we probably have a very common 
problem here. I'll keep working on the solution and report. I appreciate 
all your responses. Anyone else's great solution is welcome. Thanks.

Keith Boonstra

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Henry Schleimer wrote:
>
> Hello Keith
>
> My arm rest bases are buckled and cracked. I would be interested in 
> replacements. I aim to finished my car within the next year so there 
> is no great rush.
>
> I was previously thinking of seeing if someone over here could mould 
> them in fibreglass but that would probably be expensive for a one off. 
> It would however probably work out cheaper than plastic moulding for 
> the number of people likely to be interested. I’d check out making 
> multiples myself but I don’t think club members would like to pay for 
> postage from Australia. I don’t think I would buy a wood version. If 
> it came to that I’d make up my own as I restore old furniture (as well 
> as cars).
>
> Let me know how you get on.
>
> Regards
>
> Henry Schleimer
>
> 300C
>
> Brisbane Australia
>
> *From:* Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Keith Boonstra
> *Sent:* Saturday, 24 October 2009 1:59 AM
> *To:* rob kern; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* Re: [Chrysler300] C (and D and E?) armrest bases
>
> Ah, yes. I remember now there was someone - and turns out it was you,
> Rob - who had fashioned a set out of wood. But then, it seems to me
> perhaps someone else did a pair in wood and then painted them in a
> glossy tan. Nice solution, but I sure would rather figure out a way to
> do them in plastic if possible. We could quite easily make up a pair (or
> even a significant quantity) in wood at my plant (an architectural
> millwork company) if that's what it came down to; but even though I've
> been a wood guy for fifty-some years, somehow I guess I'm too purist,
> and it would forever bug me that they were not plastic.
>
> That said, I would far rather see the Club take on this project than to
> enter the realm of being a parts manufacturer/financier/marketer
> myself. I'll continue talking to some value sources who seem as though
> they hold promise, but "at the end of the day" (as every politician
> these days says) I would just as soon help the Club find and arrange for
> production, and then leave it for the Club to take over the finance,
> inventory, and sales functions. I hope the Club considers this a good,
> worthwhile, and profitable project.
>
> BTW I learned from Tom Cox that the trick to putting replies out to the
> whole 300 group is to click "Reply to All" in a response.
>
> Thanks,
> Keith Boonstra
>
> rob kern wrote:
> Keith,
> Sounds like a worthy project. Six years ago I gave my warped
> armrest bases for my C to a woodworker who used them as a template and
> reproduced the bases out of hardwood. I paid $110 for the pair and sent
> them to Gary Goers who covered them with the same vinyl he used to
> refurbish my armrest pads. They look and perform perfectly. No worries
> about warpage. Apparently the originals were made out of a nylon polymer
> that couldn't hold up to heat and UV rays like other plastics of that
> era. You may want to explore having them fashioned out of hardwood
> versus having to go through a plastics engineer, etc. 300'ly, ROB KERN
> -----
>
> 
>


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