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Old 11-13-2007, 11:25 PM   #1
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Re: Old Tooling???

I imagine it's scrap too.
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Old 11-14-2007, 09:41 AM   #2
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Re: Old Tooling???

A friend of mine works for a company that finds this stuff. He said that must of the tooling was pretty worn out at the end of production so it got scrapped. The rest of the tooling sat outside and rusted beyond repair. He said it was more cost effective to make new tools.
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Old 11-14-2007, 12:43 PM   #3
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Re: Old Tooling???

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A friend of mine works for a company that finds this stuff. He said that must of the tooling was pretty worn out at the end of production so it got scrapped. The rest of the tooling sat outside and rusted beyond repair. He said it was more cost effective to make new tools.
That makes me sad
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