>> So that was a production one rather than a protoype.

Prototype or Production, the process is very much the same here. In the case of the facia, we use a small one-man silk-screener who works out of a garage in his home. Half a dozen new labels for a prototype he'll do for free on the basis we give him many thousands worth of business over the year. Likewise we have a good relationship with the metal-basher who knows that prototypes lead to production quantities later down the line. Again, it's time to cultivate relationships with suppliers, and to stick by them because they rely on you as much as you on them. We spend for example about $250k with one small sheet-metal shop. Yes, I could halve that figure by switching the work to China, but he's got kids in school and a morgage to pay too and relies on my work. On the other hand, by keeping him in business I've got someone twenty minutes down the road that I can say "I need this in a hurry" hand him a quick scribble done on the back on an envelope and I'll know he'll work all night to do it.