R-Tailpiece with holes for strings

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:49 pm

My passion in cars is for driving machines, not appliances.

GM pays cynical lip service to this except for the Corvette, which is a bit too impractical for me at the price. But it's a beautiful machine now that they've finally got a nice interior in it, too!

I will check out the PBC stuff.

loverickbass · Post by **loverickbass** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 2:44 pm

Jeff,

Please stop showing that 4005WB of yours. You are killin' me softly everytime you post it.

Cole

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 3:08 pm

"You should check out what is coming out of the Performance Build Center a little later this year."

Mmmm, the Z06. The only Corvette that I've ever actually thought about buying.........

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 4:14 pm

"Jeff,

Please stop showing that 4005WB of yours. You are killin' me softly everytime you post it.

Cole"

Okay, I will show you the one Chris P. is getting in a few days instead!

Is that better?

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 5:14 pm

MOMMY!!

Is it Sunday yet?

loverickbass · Post by **loverickbass** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 1:41 am

Mercy, mercy!!!!

Cole

BobKat · Post by **BobKat** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 6:50 pm

Geez. I was the idiot who called it pot metal. I doomed a tailpiece to extinction?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 12:11 am

Bob: you were neither the first or the last. Pot metal is a often-misused generic term for a zinc-based alloy used in die-casting. There's lots of these ranging from low-strength (used in decorative items and formerly used to make complex die-cast car trim pieces) to high (Rick "R" Tailpieces and even some aerospace parts!). The term has taken on a negative cast (pun intended) thanks to the low-strength stuff's poor aging characteristics,