Cometic Gaskets

In Many cases a supplier who has made a product for someone as a small run is tied to only making that product for that orginal requestor.
So a supplier may have a design for a slant 6 gasket but you might find they can't make it for you, if they didn't request the right to make and sell their own version at the point they agreed to make a batch for someone in the past... not akward just law i think..


for my Australian engine i know of US produced MLS gaskets, forged pistons, and cam blanks
but i can't get them direct from the manufactuerer becasue the interlectual property in the design of each belongs to the guys that did the hard work getting an Australian mopar only part made in the US.

hence a bit of a monopoly on some parts and the prices are astronimical due to no competition

Dave