>
> Somewhere I recall hearing that the SU company was called Sugden, and
> that they used to manufacture plumbing components before embarking on
> carburation, also that they were the lowest bidder in their first
> non-plumbing contract. I'm sure this story is one of the following:
>
> A) Completely Untrue
> B) Not the Whole Story
> C) Partly True
>
> Can anyone out there Cast the Light of Truth on this apocrypha and/or
> tell more about the history of this mythical company?
>
Well, the story as I've heard it is that SU stands for Skinner's Union,
and they were a leather company who originally were contracted to make
leather diaphrams for carbs and later started making the whole carb instead
of just the diaphram.
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Jeremy DuBois jer@thlogic.com
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Thermalogic Corporation '60 TR3A, '74 MGB, '76 Spit
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