Stainless Steel universal exhaust pipe clamps

Hi all car enthusiasts :)

We are an engineering company, and in particular I am not in to DIY on cars

But we have for a while sold universal exhaust pipe clamps in bright zinc plated mild steel. These are cheap and cheerful

We were recently asked to make some in stainless steel - now what a great idea we thought - they will last sooooo much longer. So we made and wondered about offering them out generally

So I wondered what you all thought - Universal exhaust pipe clamps in stainless steel - yes more expensive that standard BZP but will last so much longer

What do you think?

With regard to the average modern day car which is not likely to become a classic car. there might not be much of a demand for stainless steel clamps.

However, I would expect some interest from the classic car collectors and from those with more modern cars that are likely to become collectable as classic cars.

It might be a good idea to make contact with some of the classic car clubs and get some feedback from them on what the potential market might be.

Some of the bigger classic car clubs commission bespoke reproduction of parts that commonly need replacing and there might be an opportunity for one off production runs with some of them.

From my own personal experience, my old cars are all 1960s and 1970s designed Fords and there are some very active members clubs for Fords of that era - the Escorts and Capris in particular. Those members who show to Concours standard will not touch anything that was not made by the original car manufacturer. The others though would probably be interested in purchasing stainless steel clamps.

Thank you.

Some great advice there, much appreciated

I'm pretty sure there'd be interest for anything in stainless steel on the cf club site. http://www.ebid.net/forums/attachmen...8&d=1276525700
I,for one,don't care whether it's an original part as long as my van stays on the road.http://www.ebid.net/forums/attachmen...0&d=1295726155

Thanks, looks like I have some forums to find and trawl :cool:

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Originally Posted by graphskill

Thanks, looks like I have some forums to find and trawl :cool:

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Hi.
It's also worth looking into the possibility of re-producing U-bolts/clamps in stainless for the fixture of leaf springs.
There would certainly be a market for these items. And it will cover a very wide range of earlier classics.

Cheers.
Paul.

Hi Paul

We do a massive range of stainless steel u-bolts / clamps. It is our main business. However I am not really in to cars - can you give me some info on leaf springs. Do you mean make lead springs, or make u-bolts to attach to leaf springs?

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Originally Posted by graphskill

Hi Paul

We do a massive range of stainless steel u-bolts / clamps. It is our main business. However I am not really in to cars - can you give me some info on leaf springs. Do you mean make lead springs, or make u-bolts to attach to leaf springs?

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Hi Ron.

I'm talking about the U-bolts that clamp the leaf springs to the ridged axle on many earlier classics.

Obviously if you do intend to get into this market you will have to obtain the original U-bolts from various models
to get the correct dimensions/shape/thread etc' but generally speaking on a lot of older classics they were pretty much the same overall size.

As mentioned earlier your best outlets would be the classic car clubs for various models such as: Austin. Morris. MG. Riley. Wolesley.

Best of luck for if you do decide to go for it.

Cheers.
Paul.

I can give you a contact address for the SPOG group (Spare parts Organisation) of the 2CVGB club (over 3,000 members and probably 10,000 cars!) if that would help. I'm sure there would be interest if the price was right...

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Originally Posted by lejoueurdepipeau

I can give you a contact address for the SPOG group (Spare parts Organisation) of the 2CVGB club (over 3,000 members and probably 10,000 cars!) if that would help. I'm sure there would be interest if the price was right...

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I would appreciate that, thanks

I'm 'into' classic cars,I own a few and run a classic car forum.
U bolts in stainless might be an idea,as well as nut and bolt packs in UNF and UNC. Plain and locking washers might be worth a go too.Stainless hose clips (even the old fashioned wire type) are a popular item with classics as well as stainless tubing for fuel pipes etc.
Let us now what you intend to do
regards Kevin at Baconsdozen.

Hi Kevin

We do have some stainless exhaust clamps, here on ebid. We also do everything else you mention in stainless steel except tubing and UNF / UNC we are strictly metric

Have a look at our store (Don't want to put a link as this is not the 'plug' forum), let me know if I can help in any way

Thats a shame,there are very few cars or bikes that can be classed as classics that use metric stuff,
I sell imperial tools for these and have imported stainless imperial nuts,bolts and other fastenings in the past.I'll have a look at the clips etc.
Regards
Kevin

I've sent you a PM with contact details as promised.

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Originally Posted by lejoueurdepipeau

I've sent you a PM with contact details as promised.

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Thanks - got it :)