A lot of this is not Glens fault and he wasn't alone with his attitude. I've talked several times with him, Charles at CV Platers, and a few others.
Here's some insight for you... First the mix formulas for ABS or any other plastic will never be carved in stone. Their business wasn't brand specific. They took in parts from Ford, GM, any and all.
They din't have modern plastic welders. They used and 2 part paste like an epoxy, actually the stuff dentures are made of to do repairs.
So take a part like a rallye bezel with the radio area cut away. Use this section from a donor bezel to do repairs, make it look good. Put the bezel in a preheat oven and the brim warps, becomes more wavy than it was already.
Customer becomes the whinner.
There were some Ford arm rest bases that would go all to hell in the preheat oven.
There were some well designed and well made OEM parts that could be restored but... one might consider those good parts accidental. None of these plastic parts were actually meant to be restored.
In the end, all those I talked with were actually glad certain parts were reproduced. Fewer headaches for them.
They would go on to say they certainly dont want to be standing in the line of fire when the John Q. Publics want their reproduction part restored. Who knows WTF those parts are made of. The day will come when the owner doesn't know if his part is OEM or a Chineese reproduction.
I hope this sheds some light on the full history of this profession.
