grumpin Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Keith - What would be the biggest help to you in your new job? How can we help you help us? Congrats! This is good news. You hear a lot of people say that junkyards or pick and pulls don’t have many or any bullnoses to pick from. I had a power door lock bezel from LMC that was incorrect. Lot’s of back and forth emails and photos, but they still sent the wrong part three times. IIRC the decal or placard was put on upside down. For the cost I didn’t want to risk pulling it off and it not going back on well. But, I thought their customer service and attempt was good. I sent everything back, they paid for shipping, and refunded me. One other time, I ordered a part shown as in stock. They quickly let me know that it wasn’t in stock and I could cancel the order if I wanted. I said no, no problem. They let me know when they got the part and didn’t charge me for shipping. I’m writing this to infer that I believe the company has tried to treat customers right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyn Blin Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Congratulations- what a coup for them! It's a match of skills and resources that is going to be all-in win. I wish you good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliftonK Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Congratulations- what a coup for them! It's a match of skills and resources that is going to be all-in win. I wish you good luck. *edit* Sounds like it's in the interest of the enthusiast to great a list and make it as public as possible. Get a little competition going and keep the prices affordable. haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FORDification Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 .... Perhaps Gary and myself could get a thread going were we try to consolidate the most common things that are sought after on these trucks so that we can provide you will a steady database to get rolling with once you finally settle in with LMC. I'm very excited that someone with an interest in these trucks will be finally sitting behind the curtain in a major restoration outlet. I hope there is some way than I can contribute to your catalog. Well, here's the thing...if we make a publicly-available post with a list of parts that need to be reproduced, other vendors are going to see that list too, and could possibly beat us to the punch. Granted, it's going to be a 3-4 weeks before I'm actually there working in an official capacity, but I'd sure like to not have to beat other vendors in a race to see who can come out with a part first. I'm in a new unique situation where I now need to consider, for example, the possible loss of resources by my future employer if someone else releases a new part first that we're currently working on. So while I don't have an immediate answer, I'm thinking that perhaps just making a post suggesting that folks contact me directly with suggestions of things to look into in the future. I'll have to give this some thought to come up with a way for you all to make suggestions in private. I hope you understand what I'm getting at here. When I first got word I was being considered for this position, I made a post in a couple Facebooks groups asking member's opinions on what should be reproduced, and I happen to know for a fact that at least one other aftermarket parts vendor (the owner of the company) was monitoring the thread for ideas for his own company. Now obviously I have no way of knowing what that vendor decided to do with the suggestions posted, but I'm going to have to assume he's using it to try to be the first source available for some of the parts suggested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Voltura Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 .... Perhaps Gary and myself could get a thread going were we try to consolidate the most common things that are sought after on these trucks so that we can provide you will a steady database to get rolling with once you finally settle in with LMC. I'm very excited that someone with an interest in these trucks will be finally sitting behind the curtain in a major restoration outlet. I hope there is some way than I can contribute to your catalog. Well, here's the thing...if we make a publicly-available post with a list of parts that need to be reproduced, other vendors are going to see that list too, and could possibly beat us to the punch. Granted, it's going to be a 3-4 weeks before I'm actually there working in an official capacity, but I'd sure like to not have to beat other vendors in a race to see who can come out with a part first. I'm in a new unique situation where I now need to consider, for example, the possible loss of resources by my future employer if someone else releases a new part first that we're currently working on. So while I don't have an immediate answer, I'm thinking that perhaps just making a post suggesting that folks contact me directly with suggestions of things to look into in the future. I'll have to give this some thought to come up with a way for you all to make suggestions in private. I hope you understand what I'm getting at here. When I first got word I was being considered for this position, I made a post in a couple Facebooks groups asking member's opinions on what should be reproduced, and I happen to know for a fact that at least one other aftermarket parts vendor (the owner of the company) was monitoring the thread for ideas for his own company. Now obviously I have no way of knowing what that vendor decided to do with the suggestions posted, but I'm going to have to assume he's using it to try to be the first source available for some of the parts suggested. This is something that has been discussed already; there will be some stuff in the works the next few weeks to avoid all of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 .... Perhaps Gary and myself could get a thread going were we try to consolidate the most common things that are sought after on these trucks so that we can provide you will a steady database to get rolling with once you finally settle in with LMC. I'm very excited that someone with an interest in these trucks will be finally sitting behind the curtain in a major restoration outlet. I hope there is some way than I can contribute to your catalog. Well, here's the thing...if we make a publicly-available post with a list of parts that need to be reproduced, other vendors are going to see that list too, and could possibly beat us to the punch. Granted, it's going to be a 3-4 weeks before I'm actually there working in an official capacity, but I'd sure like to not have to beat other vendors in a race to see who can come out with a part first. I'm in a new unique situation where I now need to consider, for example, the possible loss of resources by my future employer if someone else releases a new part first that we're currently working on. So while I don't have an immediate answer, I'm thinking that perhaps just making a post suggesting that folks contact me directly with suggestions of things to look into in the future. I'll have to give this some thought to come up with a way for you all to make suggestions in private. I hope you understand what I'm getting at here. When I first got word I was being considered for this position, I made a post in a couple Facebooks groups asking member's opinions on what should be reproduced, and I happen to know for a fact that at least one other aftermarket parts vendor (the owner of the company) was monitoring the thread for ideas for his own company. Now obviously I have no way of knowing what that vendor decided to do with the suggestions posted, but I'm going to have to assume he's using it to try to be the first source available for some of the parts suggested. This is all great news! I guess the downside of not having a public list is that you won't get the feedback that goes with it. If that feedback is riff-raff on Facebook, then maybe you wouldn't want it anyway...lol. My point is, I guess you'll have to gauge the viability of a proposed reproduction part/idea on your own. I'm sure you have the experience to do that, so it would hardly be a concern. My truck is mostly finished now, so I won't be needing much in the future, but I started scratching down a list of Bullnose items that might be worth investigating that I can forward along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 This is all great news! I guess the downside of not having a public list is that you won't get the feedback that goes with it. If that feedback is riff-raff on Facebook, then maybe you wouldn't want it anyway...lol. My point is, I guess you'll have to gauge the viability of a proposed reproduction part/idea on your own. I'm sure you have the experience to do that, so it would hardly be a concern. My truck is mostly finished now, so I won't be needing much in the future, but I started scratching down a list of Bullnose items that might be worth investigating that I can forward along Congratulations Keith! A new chapter in your career, and something you're obviously passionate about. 💓 😎 🎉 Sounds like a win win for the whole family, long term. Perhaps this will give some of us a back channel to enquire about parts we all have to find workarounds for, or the ones we've found much better retrofits for. Really glad you've joined here! Looking forward to getting you up to speed on this generation of Ford trucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85lebaront2 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Oh, I'll definitely be here asking a lot of questions, because although I'm pretty knowledgeable about '60s-'70s Ford trucks, I'm a little weak in the '80s-up stuff....so it's time to expand those horizons a bit. I'm actually looking into getting a bullnose truck to start using as a daily driver too, which will help considerably towards that end. 82 PIT BULLNOSE has his for sale right now, he is in Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 .... Perhaps Gary and myself could get a thread going were we try to consolidate the most common things that are sought after on these trucks so that we can provide you will a steady database to get rolling with once you finally settle in with LMC. I'm very excited that someone with an interest in these trucks will be finally sitting behind the curtain in a major restoration outlet. I hope there is some way than I can contribute to your catalog. Well, here's the thing...if we make a publicly-available post with a list of parts that need to be reproduced, other vendors are going to see that list too, and could possibly beat us to the punch. Granted, it's going to be a 3-4 weeks before I'm actually there working in an official capacity, but I'd sure like to not have to beat other vendors in a race to see who can come out with a part first. I'm in a new unique situation where I now need to consider, for example, the possible loss of resources by my future employer if someone else releases a new part first that we're currently working on. So while I don't have an immediate answer, I'm thinking that perhaps just making a post suggesting that folks contact me directly with suggestions of things to look into in the future. I'll have to give this some thought to come up with a way for you all to make suggestions in private. I hope you understand what I'm getting at here. When I first got word I was being considered for this position, I made a post in a couple Facebooks groups asking member's opinions on what should be reproduced, and I happen to know for a fact that at least one other aftermarket parts vendor (the owner of the company) was monitoring the thread for ideas for his own company. Now obviously I have no way of knowing what that vendor decided to do with the suggestions posted, but I'm going to have to assume he's using it to try to be the first source available for some of the parts suggested. Keith - We do have an option on here to limit viewing of a page to those having a password. We haven't implemented it so there is no p/w at present. But we could. However, it would be easy for another vendor to join and, therefore, get access. So I don't know that it would be very effective or secure. Probably the best is for all of us to email you through the forum our wish lists. That opens up the channel of communication but keeps it private. To do that, a member just clicks on the person's "handle" and the Send Email To. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 82 PIT BULLNOSE has his for sale right now, he is in Texas. Yes, it is here: http://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/For-sale-f-250-4x4-td57863.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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