Not throwing the candy on the ground, just saving it for myself/later time. When I posted a wanted ad this cam a year ago...
[WANTED] - 68 340 4 speed Cam
There was quite a bit of response and then a debate of whether or not the Oregon cam was 100% correct or not to the point where a moderator had to get control of the thread and delete the commentary. So, since I didn't find what I wanted on fabo, I decided to keep looking. I happen to know a retired Chrysler engineer and when I spoke with him about it, he contacted his fellow retired engineers. It just so happened one of his friends was in small blocks and he had this cam, another engineer had the blue prints. Both of them were very humble and sold me what I now have for a reasonable price... initial investment. Jim at Racer Brown is a friend of mine and we discussed making a run of these. To do an exact copy, masters need to be made and there's a cost associated with that. If Jim knew with certainly that he'd sell 50-100 or so of these in a short time I'm sure the cost of the masters could be written off...but I'm not going to put a friend's money on the line for an uncertain venture. This is why I said I would front the money for the masters, not to mention my original investment for the cam/blueprints. All I was asking for is a list of committed buyers. If I seen the list was 50-100 strong and all of the members had good feedback/integrity, perhaps the price could be lowered, but again, I'm taking the risk. If close enough is good enough for everyone, so be it, enjoy what's close enough for the price you want. I'm not going to debate specs/knock another cam manufacturer/speak poorly of anyone's manufacturing processes, that's for the purchaser to decide. More often than not in this hobby, making replacement or reproduction parts is not worth the time unless you are a well established company with a shop full of equipment. My goal was to take care of a want that I had. I thought with my find maybe others would want the same and perhaps over time, I would possibly break even. From the responses I read, it would appear the majority is happy with what's available so this is not a venture worth my efforts. I'm also not going to put a friendship with Jim on the line if no one is interested. Jim has a well established company but you all need to understand, for the most part, he's basically a one man operation and works literally every day to keep up with orders. Since there is no interest, the cam and the blueprints will sit on a shelf in my garage...maybe someday there will be enough interest to make it worthwhile. I digress.
