Re: Source for those little buttons?
 

Retiredff wrote:
> Simon Juncal wrote:
> I got half doors with
>
>>mirrors at a VA salvage yard for $300 (OEM costs over a grand! plus 70
>>bucks for the mirrors). This place has like 50 jeeps.
>
>
> And where might that be????

Fredericksburg 4x4 aka "Monster Joe's" there's also a place down near
roanoke (I think) in Glasgow called John's Jeep Works but I don't know
much about them as I haven't made the trip down there yet. I swear I
could walk around the first place for three days before I got bored (or
broke).

Re: Source for those little buttons?
 

travis wrote:
> Yeah... These buttons are $1.85 for each one that goes in each hole.
> Sure, $1.85 isn't a lot of money, but it just seems like a lot for a
> tiny stamped piece of steel with a screw to go with it. I need about
> 25 of them and $46.25 just seems like a lot to me for the itty bitty
> buttons. I'm a cheap b@stard. Sue me. :-)

Actually for some reason I was thinking about drain hole plugs, not
snaps so I was thinking a few plugs not 25. I wonder if anyone makes
stainless button snaps? Anyway I'm cheap too; except when it comes to
things that are a real pain in the ass like hinges and flares, where
stainless will help in not having to screw with them again.

Re: Source for those little buttons?
 

travis wrote:
> Yeah... These buttons are $1.85 for each one that goes in each hole.
> Sure, $1.85 isn't a lot of money, but it just seems like a lot for a
> tiny stamped piece of steel with a screw to go with it. I need about
> 25 of them and $46.25 just seems like a lot to me for the itty bitty
> buttons. I'm a cheap b@stard. Sue me. :-)

Actually for some reason I was thinking about drain hole plugs, not
snaps so I was thinking a few plugs not 25. I wonder if anyone makes
stainless button snaps? Anyway I'm cheap too; except when it comes to
things that are a real pain in the ass like hinges and flares, where
stainless will help in not having to screw with them again.

Re: Source for those little buttons?
 

travis wrote:
> Yeah... These buttons are $1.85 for each one that goes in each hole.
> Sure, $1.85 isn't a lot of money, but it just seems like a lot for a
> tiny stamped piece of steel with a screw to go with it. I need about
> 25 of them and $46.25 just seems like a lot to me for the itty bitty
> buttons. I'm a cheap b@stard. Sue me. :-)

Actually for some reason I was thinking about drain hole plugs, not
snaps so I was thinking a few plugs not 25. I wonder if anyone makes
stainless button snaps? Anyway I'm cheap too; except when it comes to
things that are a real pain in the ass like hinges and flares, where
stainless will help in not having to screw with them again.

Re: Source for those little buttons?
 

Simon Juncal wrote:
> Retiredff wrote:
>> Simon Juncal wrote:
>> I got half doors with
>>
>>> mirrors at a VA salvage yard for $300 (OEM costs over a grand! plus
>>> 70 bucks for the mirrors). This place has like 50 jeeps.
>>
>>
>> And where might that be????
>
> Fredericksburg 4x4 aka "Monster Joe's"

Close to home. Thank you very much!

Re: Source for those little buttons?
 

Simon Juncal wrote:
> Retiredff wrote:
>> Simon Juncal wrote:
>> I got half doors with
>>
>>> mirrors at a VA salvage yard for $300 (OEM costs over a grand! plus
>>> 70 bucks for the mirrors). This place has like 50 jeeps.
>>
>>
>> And where might that be????
>
> Fredericksburg 4x4 aka "Monster Joe's"

Close to home. Thank you very much!

Re: Source for those little buttons?
 

Simon Juncal wrote:
> Retiredff wrote:
>> Simon Juncal wrote:
>> I got half doors with
>>
>>> mirrors at a VA salvage yard for $300 (OEM costs over a grand! plus
>>> 70 bucks for the mirrors). This place has like 50 jeeps.
>>
>>
>> And where might that be????
>
> Fredericksburg 4x4 aka "Monster Joe's"

Close to home. Thank you very much!

Re: Source for those little buttons?
 

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 16:27:27 UTC Simon Juncal <sjuncal@erols.com>
wrote:

>
>
> travis wrote:
> > Yeah... These buttons are $1.85 for each one that goes in each hole.
> > Sure, $1.85 isn't a lot of money, but it just seems like a lot for a
> > tiny stamped piece of steel with a screw to go with it. I need about
> > 25 of them and $46.25 just seems like a lot to me for the itty bitty
> > buttons. I'm a cheap b@stard. Sue me. :-)
>
> Actually for some reason I was thinking about drain hole plugs, not
> snaps so I was thinking a few plugs not 25. I wonder if anyone makes
> stainless button snaps? Anyway I'm cheap too; except when it comes to
> things that are a real pain in the ass like hinges and flares, where
> stainless will help in not having to screw with them again.

There must be a source - I bought them in a bag of 50 or 100 (several
years ago) at a marine supply shop when I redid a cover for my boat.
Never noticed rust or stains, so they were either chromed brass or
stainless. Check out a boat supply house - I know I was too cheap
and/or broke to pay that kind of price for them or I would have
remembered!

--
Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net>

Re: Source for those little buttons?
 

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 16:27:27 UTC Simon Juncal <sjuncal@erols.com>
wrote:

>
>
> travis wrote:
> > Yeah... These buttons are $1.85 for each one that goes in each hole.
> > Sure, $1.85 isn't a lot of money, but it just seems like a lot for a
> > tiny stamped piece of steel with a screw to go with it. I need about
> > 25 of them and $46.25 just seems like a lot to me for the itty bitty
> > buttons. I'm a cheap b@stard. Sue me. :-)
>
> Actually for some reason I was thinking about drain hole plugs, not
> snaps so I was thinking a few plugs not 25. I wonder if anyone makes
> stainless button snaps? Anyway I'm cheap too; except when it comes to
> things that are a real pain in the ass like hinges and flares, where
> stainless will help in not having to screw with them again.

There must be a source - I bought them in a bag of 50 or 100 (several
years ago) at a marine supply shop when I redid a cover for my boat.
Never noticed rust or stains, so they were either chromed brass or
stainless. Check out a boat supply house - I know I was too cheap
and/or broke to pay that kind of price for them or I would have
remembered!

--
Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net>

Re: Source for those little buttons?
 

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 16:27:27 UTC Simon Juncal <sjuncal@erols.com>
wrote:

>
>
> travis wrote:
> > Yeah... These buttons are $1.85 for each one that goes in each hole.
> > Sure, $1.85 isn't a lot of money, but it just seems like a lot for a
> > tiny stamped piece of steel with a screw to go with it. I need about
> > 25 of them and $46.25 just seems like a lot to me for the itty bitty
> > buttons. I'm a cheap b@stard. Sue me. :-)
>
> Actually for some reason I was thinking about drain hole plugs, not
> snaps so I was thinking a few plugs not 25. I wonder if anyone makes
> stainless button snaps? Anyway I'm cheap too; except when it comes to
> things that are a real pain in the ass like hinges and flares, where
> stainless will help in not having to screw with them again.

There must be a source - I bought them in a bag of 50 or 100 (several
years ago) at a marine supply shop when I redid a cover for my boat.
Never noticed rust or stains, so they were either chromed brass or
stainless. Check out a boat supply house - I know I was too cheap
and/or broke to pay that kind of price for them or I would have
remembered!

--
Will Honea <whonea@codenet.net>