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16/12/2012 11:54 am
Forgive me for my stupid question ... but
As I've been reading in these threads ... "OLD TOOLING" ... somebody explain to me .. in second grader terms ... what is "OLD TOOLING" and what is "NEW TOOLING" .... reminds me of when back in the day somebody would say "OH I use *()*^&(%^&^%&^@# glue to repair my diecast ... just a fancy name for super glue ... you can put lipstick on a pig .. but a pig is a pig ... NEW TOOLING ... OLD TOOLING ... still a diecast ... right ?????
16/12/2012 12:05 pm
Cyanoacrylate!...
16/12/2012 12:29 pm
LMAO ... Ed you nailed it !!!!
16/12/2012 12:36 pm
Tee Hee... Just Like the Good Old Days, DIO!
16/12/2012 12:36 pm
In a nutshell...
...older tooling generally means dog-leg door hinges. Non-operational features and so on. DM and others pioneered the use of internal hinges that made the doors open like those on 1:1 cars; the front leading edge opens within the body lines. The hood hinges then advanced with the use of scissors springs. More dimension was built into metal-foiled scripts and badges, suspensions articulated like a real car; movable on cradle arms and not just up and down on springs. Opening fuel filler doors where there were none in the past and these sorts of things.
16/12/2012 5:29 pm
Dennis, another way of putting it: Old Tooling = Old Skool! 🙂
16/12/2012 6:57 pm
Hey! I have an old tool...
17/12/2012 8:49 am
Not a stupid question, Dennis!
I'm glad you asked it. I learned from it. Thanks to Tony, et al. for your answers!
17/12/2012 8:54 am
Easy John ... Take it easy there big fella ... 