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<blockquote data-quote="Peter Holmes" data-source="post: 18595" data-attributes="member: 302"><p>Right, I am now thinking more clearly, i have just gone over to the Bounty, my local hostellery, very nice too, its right on the towpath on the Thames at Bourne End, and had a couple of pints of 'Grumpy' and my mind is now clear and working overtime. Someone has just paid £827.00 for a pair of very nicely polished original Birmabright mudguards and some other person bid with him all the way just missing out by a couple of £s. Now I could be wrong but I think there is a market here. When these were first listed I was interested but could not justify that sort of expenditure, but I would pay good money to replace my stainless guards with Birmabright. I am sure that I had a conversation with David Meadowcroft at the Isle of Skye rally some years ago and he told me they were very much on the agenda to get manufactured, now I am in no way blaming David for the fact that this did not happen, I guess someone down the line just let him down, as happens, but looking on the net, this material is very much still available, albeit by another name and surely the process of turning a flat sheet of metal into a perfect replica of a mudguard that was being produced 60+ years ago is not impossible if it is commercially viable. I notice that enthusiasts decided to manufacture a brand new steam engine recently(Tornado), I was due to take a ride on it but it broke down and a substitute engine of the same class was used, but that does show what is possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peter Holmes, post: 18595, member: 302"] Right, I am now thinking more clearly, i have just gone over to the Bounty, my local hostellery, very nice too, its right on the towpath on the Thames at Bourne End, and had a couple of pints of 'Grumpy' and my mind is now clear and working overtime. Someone has just paid £827.00 for a pair of very nicely polished original Birmabright mudguards and some other person bid with him all the way just missing out by a couple of £s. Now I could be wrong but I think there is a market here. When these were first listed I was interested but could not justify that sort of expenditure, but I would pay good money to replace my stainless guards with Birmabright. I am sure that I had a conversation with David Meadowcroft at the Isle of Skye rally some years ago and he told me they were very much on the agenda to get manufactured, now I am in no way blaming David for the fact that this did not happen, I guess someone down the line just let him down, as happens, but looking on the net, this material is very much still available, albeit by another name and surely the process of turning a flat sheet of metal into a perfect replica of a mudguard that was being produced 60+ years ago is not impossible if it is commercially viable. I notice that enthusiasts decided to manufacture a brand new steam engine recently(Tornado), I was due to take a ride on it but it broke down and a substitute engine of the same class was used, but that does show what is possible. [/QUOTE]
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