You are 100% wrong. You cannot use existing parts to make a drawing from and expect it to be absolutely correct.
And if you are the original parts suppler and you make more parts you are as genuine as it gets.
Prove me wrong.
If the NOC was bankrupted by legal action by ANIL that would be an extremely sad day, to say the least. I can imagine a large percentage of the 1,400 members buying from ANIL quite often. Do ANIL really want to hack off such a large number of customers?
Ian
Dave,
Looks like Fullauto did just that!
Drawings not required...
Fullauto believes newer manufactured parts are more accurate (can’t really comment on that one to be honest, just poking the stick back at you. )
All that aside, I am with you on this one, all parties need to remember that this damages themselves in the eyes of customers (ANIL) and members (NOC). It needs sorting for the benefit of owners of classic machines - although I have to admit that is not me...
John
The Club can have their position explained to them by a lawyer in their pay. That won’t cost them all that much.
Going to court is a gamble. Never gamble what you can’t afford to lose.
What does the NOC have to lose in turning over the parts drawings? Potential income if they should ever have the parts made? If anyone wants to get rich they should get into the Norton parts business...
DaveWhat does the NOC have to lose in turning over the parts drawings? Potential income if they should ever have the parts made? If anyone wants to get rich they should get into the Norton parts business...
What does the NOC have to lose in turning over the parts drawings? Potential income if they should ever have the parts made? If anyone wants to get rich they should get into the Norton parts business...
Dave
ANIL were offered drawings but refused them....what was offered and why was it refused?
ZFD said:We did not take the NOC offer up for the drawings because I did not want to weaken our legal position. The barrels are not a commercially exciting project. We may never see our money back on the tooling and effort going into them. I see them as a service for our customers; the aren't vital for the survival of the company, and probably not even profitable.
What is vital is to access the information on the (reputedly) 5000 drawings the NOC has been sitting on for 27 years. I am sure there is a lot of parts there that we could either re-manufacture, or check dimensions on for parts we have since, in desperation, made new drawings for.
The Club believes that our ownership of the drawings is clear
It became crystal clear the copyright was the property of Andover Norton,
what about this part?
vs