COLPA PRECISION WINS NEW
CUSTOMER THAT
RE-ENGINEERS VINTAGE OR
REDUNDANT COMPONENTS
General manager Martin Branch says that
they were approached by a company that
wanted to replace the distributer in 1952
255 GT Ferrari as parts were no longer
available and the drawings couldn’t be
sourced the only option was to Scan the
existing part and redraw and reverse
engineer this.
We were asked for 20 units although their
requirement was for 2 completed units
they were confident that they would be
able to sell the extra 18 units as this engine
requires of two these units.
One of the main problems was that the
customer wanted the main shaft and
outside flange to be made from one solid
billet of material whereas the original was
made of 5 parts both turned and pressed
components.
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