Hi Day Brown, hope you are having a nice day
Monday, 1 December 1997 21:48:08, Day Brown wrote to Jock Rogan
Subject: Generic Vehicle
 DB> My question was not based on the cost of the parts of
 DB> production vehicles, but on the cost of the *cheapest* set of parts
 DB> to make a vehicle out of. Nor, would the parts all have to be
 DB> *new*. There are many components which outlast the vehicles they
 DB> were originally installed in, and of those which don't, rebuilds
 DB> are much more reasonably priced with equal reliability... as for
 DB> example, alternators, which can be rebuilt with a new set of
 DB> brushes that cost less than a buck. ___ * OFFLINE 1.58
Sorry it has taken me so long to reply to this.
Life got in the way:-)
I have just changed my vehicle after getting 800,000 kilometers out of her.
My biggest problem was the non-serviceable parts ie:
the collar on the commutator of the alternator only lasting one and one half
sets of brushes ( there was so little metal from new). Conrod bearings
which have been electro-plated on so they cannot be relaced.
I do imagine that if you are talking about a Austin Champ or a Bedford or
a Unimog then yes, I believe there is significant merit in what you say.
All the vehicles mentioned can have their cylinder sleeves reveresed if
needed! Hence you have a vehicle built for durability.
Though, it seems to me, that there are very few of these made today:-)
 -=> Yours sincerely, Jock Rogan <=-
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