Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan

Posted by PackardV8 On 2009/5/12 11:19:49

The name of the "plastic" die material was Kirksite OR some reasonable phonetic speeling of the name.

But Kirkcite was strictly for short runs. It would not hold up to hi production of say over 1000 units and stamping was very slow compared to steel dies..

Kirksite did not come into exisitence until about 1965 or thereabouts. Usual, Kirksite was used to make a 'mold' from and original part and not hand crafted to some new design.

Maybe someone can google Kirkcite or some close spelling to that name and find out more.