John Dorgan - Deceased - 1938 - 2012
March 05,1938 - May 13, 2012
For those interested, I guess that the siren and warning light reconditioning business will not pass with me. Many of you have asked me what will happen to it when I'm no longer able to handle it. Well, my son is now learning the ropes and actually doing quite well in the shop. Thankfully he has that entire collection that I bought from the estate of Doug Williams on which to practice. He has the more common "stuff" down pretty well such as the Qs, MARS 888s, Federal rotating beacons and the other Federal coaster sirens. He is also picking up the oddball ones as we go as well. In any case, he still has the old man to fall back on when he has a question. With any luck, he may be able to keep things together so that there is still a place to have your lights and sirens restored.
On another note, I am investing, along with the past general manager of the now defunct "Nuchrome" plating shop in an across the border plating shop in Agua Prieta, Mexico which he will run. This effort should be able to bring plating costs down a bit. The shop is new and is an adjunct to a large machine shop. It has been set up for several years, but there was never anyone to operate it. It should only take about 20K to get it up and running with me putting up the money and him the expertise.
Wish us luck folks!
John Dorgan
On another note, I am investing, along with the past general manager of the now defunct "Nuchrome" plating shop in an across the border plating shop in Agua Prieta, Mexico which he will run. This effort should be able to bring plating costs down a bit. The shop is new and is an adjunct to a large machine shop. It has been set up for several years, but there was never anyone to operate it. It should only take about 20K to get it up and running with me putting up the money and him the expertise.
Wish us luck folks!
John Dorgan