The supersix kickdown linkage doesn't seem like it would be all that hard to reproduce.

I hear about people finding mainfolds and carbs, but missing the linkage a lot of the time. Just wondering if you all think there would be any kind of market for a reproduction.

Thoughts?

Thanks

CE

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-76 Cordoba, 360 4bbl
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Reproduction of these components correctly will be a great deal more costly and difficult than you may realise, and the volumes required to make them anywhere near affordable will create a supply much greater than the market would demand over a ten-year period, so a project like this would have to be a labour of love by someone with a lot of extra money and a lot of extra no-cost storage.

Really, at this point there are options that make the 2bbl kickdown rods and levers not so necessary as it was before.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

I really like the looks of that cable setup Dan is talking about. However, things can still be found if you look. I have two of the super six kickdowns, one of them I fell into last week at the junk yard. I may end up not needing either of them if I mount my 4 barrel sideways. Not that the market will be flooded, but they will end up getting sold.

I looked and looked and even rounded up a good 7.25 sure grip for a fair price.

So aside from the nice cable setup for a good price, there are still too many parts out there and they do not really cost that much. It just takes time.

Thanks guys. Kind of figure this may be the case. If there had been a string of 15 replies saying "YES, DO IT" that would have been a good indicator

Cheers,

CE

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-68 Valiant, 273 2bbl
-67 Dart /6 4bbl, Leaning Tower of Power!!!

Actually I was wondering why reproducing it is much harder and costly than one would think? It seems like an easy part to reproduce, so whats the reason?

Do it! With the price of gas and 2bbl manifolds going for $100 on e bag i think a small run of kickdowns would sell. Its easy to find the manifolds hard to find the correct kickdown it seems.

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Because tooling, materials, and labour are expensive. So's shipping. It only seems easy if you have no experience in product development (i.e., arranging the tooling and production of parts).

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

Materials in this case wouldn't be too expensive.

I think the labor and tooling is what would cost. I could build all of the mandrels to bend the linkage. It would just be larger versions of the mandrels I built to bend springs for the guns I build. I think I could build all this for much less than 1K.

Flattening the end of the rod would be time consuming and expensive without a furnace and a press. (which I don't have)

Milling the slot and the flat is pretty straight forward, and of course welding a small collar on the rod for the spring stop.

If I was to make 100 of 'em I don't think it come close to breaking even, and I don't think I'd sell 100 of them either.

If I could sell 500 or 1000 of them, I'd really have to think about it some more and do some prototyping.

Just thinkin' out loud........

CE

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-76 Cordoba, 360 4bbl
-68 Valiant, 273 2bbl
-67 Dart /6 4bbl, Leaning Tower of Power!!!