Wanted Scorpion Rims x 5

phil nelis · Post by **phil nelis** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 9:23 pm

Yes wayne, i have 3. Paul, I understand what you mean about whether he has copyright, i am waiting for him to come back from holidays so i can talk with him more on what my plans are. I personally can`t see an issue but i already have some small changes in mind that shouldn`t cause any issues but i will discuss it with the original manufacturer first.

phil nelis · Post by **phil nelis** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 9:28 pm

The rims on the yellow brumby are from a company in Lilydale(Vic) so when i can contact them i will ask how they came up with the design.

dfoyl · Post by **dfoyl** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 7:26 am

Phil, I live about 5 mins from Lilydale - I can probably get more info from them face-to-face than you will be able to over the phone / email - and if you PM me the details I can run down and see them.

phil nelis · Post by **phil nelis** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 9:03 am

pm sent. Thanks for offering to help. Much appreciated.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 12:39 pm

Yeah Phil, I'm sure there will be no issues but just playing safe.

phil nelis · Post by **phil nelis** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 3:38 pm

Business is business as you well know paul, but i like to dot the i`s and cross the t`s before i invest money in a project so no comebacks on me. Have got someone in usa also looking into making them over there as the market is alot bigger but still plan to go ahead here in aus as well.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 2:56 am

Sounds good Phil and I might even start saving for a set myself

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 2:55 pm

RSR 555 wrote:Sounds good Phil and I might even start saving for a set myself

I thought you only had 5 stud these days

Cheers

Bennie

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 4:36 pm

El_Freddo wrote:I thought you only had 5 stud these days

Cheers

Bennie

I do but if they are a set of AUSubaru specials, then I better keep a set in the collection

phil nelis · Post by **phil nelis** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 7:18 pm

That`s an interesting idea Paul. I`ll talk to the owner of the forum and see what he says about the use of the logo.

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 10:13 am

Mike (scorpion) has no interest in older subies anymore so I doubt he will care if you make look-a-like rims. Just give him a call.

Proton mouse · Post by **Proton mouse** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 1:17 am

Copyright has to do with intellectual property i.e. and I quote (I hope this wasn't copyrighted, lol) "The exclusive and assignable legal right, given to the originator for a fixed number of years, to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material"
Mr Scorpion didn't reinvent the wheel, he just made a beautiful version of it!
On the other hand, if he had 'patented' something very specific about his wheels which no one else had thought of, then this project would be dragged into a legal mine field.
I doubt he patented anything, so I think you are home and hosed.
John

phil nelis · Post by **phil nelis** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 8:00 pm

Spoke to Mike at Scorpion Subaru today and he does not have a copywrite or a patent on the rims he was making so it`s all systems go for me to start reproducing. As i already have a couple of these lying around i will be trying to get as close as possible to original manufacture.

Kalbarri_baru · Post by **Kalbarri_baru** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 8:08 pm

phil nelis wrote:Spoke to Mike at Scorpion Subaru today and he does not have a copywrite or a patent on the rims he was making so it`s all systems go for me to start reproducing. As i already have a couple of these lying around i will be trying to get as close as possible to original manufacture.

Awesome, keep us updated and is there anything I can do to assist.

Cheers

WayneO..............

phil nelis · Post by **phil nelis** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 8:44 pm

Haven`t decided if i`ll do colours. Might just do primer/undercoat so people can finish them however they like. Don`t know yet what price but there could be a window for custom centres as well. The more interest that is shown will obviously dictate outcome for project.

Post by **Bantum** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 9:17 am

I can offer to draw it up if you like, as I did the standard wagon wheel a while ago, would be easy to modify to something like the Scorpion Rim ...

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/ ... revstart=0

Cheers, Bantum ...

Outback bloke · Post by **Outback bloke** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 10:44 am

http://www.infinitywheel.com/pdf/Infini ... ue_Web.pdf

These wheels are most likely still available with the correct centre hole diametre and varying offset.

phil nelis · Post by **phil nelis** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 3:08 pm

Rang infinity wheels and the rims he has have 110mm centre bore hole which are too big for the hub locating lugs on brumbies and L`s. Thanks for the contact though as he is interested to talk about my project. Also spoke to eastern wheel works in Lilydale(vic) about his rims and they are around $300 each as they are full custom to whatever design you want. So i`ll keep making hub rings for the larger wheels to fit till i work out the scorpion copy.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 2:46 pm

Any updates Phil?

Kalbarri_baru · Post by **Kalbarri_baru** » Mon Feb 24, 2014 2:19 pm

Got a random email from someone called Amy offering 5 Scorpion rims (Second hand) for $2300.00 neg.

Had to ask if it came with the car or if one too many zero's were added in the price, but sadly this was the price without any of the above.

That price was waaaaaaayyyyyyy outa my price range even if they were brand new and personally delivered from Brisbane to Kalbarri.

What price would you pay ???????

Cheers

WayneO..........

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