(a) Re Nisonger's. I needed a right angle drive for the mechanical
tach on my Mk III Aston Martin. (Do right angle drives ever fail?
Naaaah.) I searched for three years, both continents, including an
advert in the A M Club Newsletter. No cigar. I call Nisonger's, very
friendly, was instructed to send the remains in. Just as a trial I
also shipped the oil pressure/gas gauge for repair (neither side
worked).
A week later the box was returned, $220 cod. The right angle drive
was refinished, had guts that worked, and the gauge looked _brand
new_. As I recall, the gears were $80 and the gauge repair was
$70/side.
Bottom line: They seem to have what it takes for a terrific job.
Prices are in line. If you don't want a surprise, have them call you
before return shipping. I'm sending the rest of the A M gauges when I
can afford it.
(b) Ray Gibbons mentioned a movie about a guy searching for a stolen
car in which the cops took no interest. I stumbled across one on a
Saturday afternoon that was so dreary I didn't want to take an oil
bath. But the car was not an Anglia, it was a Trabant. Auugh!
(makes the sign of the cross). (To the parts man: "How about a gas
cap for a Trabant." "Hmmm. Sounds like a fair trade.") Film
involved an odyssey through LA, all kinds of weird characters, I
mercifully have forgotten the name.
A. B. Bonds
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