D14 D15 New USA made What would you Pay for them?

Just got a quote back form my vendor here in Michigan to make fenders for D14 / D15  just like OEM. What would you pay for good quility USA made fenders?

I would think $3 a lb. should get you a good fender. Forming dies are high. Stamping machines are cheap.

Whenever you're reproducing an item, especially outta' steel, the dies are the biggest hit in the wallet, especially if there's more than one that needs to designed & used to make that particular item. And then depending on how many items are made with those particular dies, they eventually get worn, and they have to be "rebuilt" again to keep the quality in the item. When making fenders (as the example here) you want a nice clean, crisp line or bead everytime to keep the quality control on target and have the product dead to nuts. Same for any other die designed to use on that particular fender such has stamping the holes. Everything needs to be precise. One thing off, its all off, and then the fender doesn't fit correctly anymore. Its a gamble. If you have enough demand for that particular item where it would pay for the cost of the whole shootin' match, you'll be okay. But that's the ticket, you need the demand. I've had parts reproduced in the past. Some I faired out okay for my investment, some not so good. Some I broke even on. I never lost my shirt. I was lucky I guess in my attempts....
Steve@B&B

The junk repro 45 fenders are $400/set so if these are nice and correct they're worth more than $400/set. If you've spent any time looking for non rusty straight 14/15 fenders you know there are not many out there. So, I'd say they're worth at least $300 each. My opinion.

Anyone ever thought about making them out of fibreglas, or kevlar or ??? I know the 'correct cops' would cringe but the moulds would be a LOT cheaper than the dies and press to punch the steel ones out.

 Put me down fo #130 and 131 , Should be down to where I could pay for them ,by then.

I would think they would be good for 2-3,000 pieces before they need to be reworked.

Origional are hard to find so new reproductions would be worth $150 that would be my guess.

Rich,some of the suppliers like Steiners had some molds made in ? china,india, not sure but over seas and made D19 fenders. It' that junk in junk out thing. Customers that bought them sent a lot of them back or had to do a lot of work to make them fit and look halfway good. That's why I brought up the question what woud someone pay for a good set of fenders that would be as close to OEM quility.

TomYaz wrote: Yep it aint cheap getting things made, especially in the USA. May people want made in the USA, but want made in China prices. I am having the grain elevator cups for the all-crop made just like the orginals. Metal stamping. Die for that little thing will run me over $2000.00, and that is considered reasonable. Got to sell a lot of cups to make that up.   Looking at making new draper drive rollers. Made in USA. My lowest cost per roller right now is over $300.00

There's no such thing as inexpensive quality when making a product as I mentioned in my above post. Dave, if you do go for it, I wish you luck and hope it works out for you as well as for the AC folks. Its fellow's like you that take a chance to keep our hobby going, and with a quality part. I try to do the same thing with anything that I do in my business whether its a wiring system or one of my rebuilds. There's just to much crap out there from foreign lands, that doesn't fit whether its for antique cars, trucks, or tractors. I'm one that doesn't mind paying extra for something as long as I know its a quality product, and its gonna either fit or work or both! Good Luck my friend! If I had a D14/15 that needed fenders, I'd be one of your customers on your list!!
Steve@B&B