I have one of the Asian clones bought about year and a half ago, from CIP.
It worked flawlessly on the rear nuts and the crankshaft. Fit and finish
were really good. I am getting impressed with the quality of the stuff
coming out of China nowadays. Some of their factories are state of the art,
being built from scratch with modern technology. Ours are still being
cobbled together from leftovers of the 50's and 60's. I am a reloader, and I
KNOW Lyman is still using the original equipment from the 1920's to
manufacture their tools. :-( So who is really ahead? Now when it comes to
metallurgy, that might be a different thing.
Courtney
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"IceBox" the 1977 Westy
"Green Meanie" the not so stock 70 Bug  >:-}
Vancouver Island, B.C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Old Volks Home" <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 10:59 PM
Subject: Re: No need to jump on breaker bars

> Yeah and it's not made in USA, atleast for a long while now.  It's another
> formerly made in USA product copied by another entrepenuer and now made in
> the Far East :-(  I've heard pros and cons regarding the latest quality.
>
> YMMV
> --
> Jim Thompson
> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
> *Have a Happy & SAFE Holiday*
> **********************************
> On 12/31/06, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote:
>>
>> That was tough...<http://www.800luvbugg.com/shop?frame=2.30.6515>
>>
>> Next question? ;o)
>>
>> Jim (Happy New Year!)
>>
>>
>> On Dec 31, 2006, at 8:40 PM, hunnam wrote:
>>
>> > Maybe someone has reference to a web site or something.