Just want to add to the Palo Alto Speedo recommendation. I've had Porsche
356 (sorry about the "P word") instruments done there for about 20 years.
Most recently they rebuilt a set of gauges and converted from 6 to 12 volts.
These folks are so into their craft that they actually take note of the date
stamps on the instrument case and after cleaning the case they recreate the
stamp perfectly, with the same date! It's downright spooky how good these
people are, like they're caught in some kind of time warp and are living in
some kind of old world where customer service and doing the job right still
count! Now if they'd only get into the rechroming business and deliver the
same kind of quality!
On a completely different topic, I recently had an excellent experience
getting British keys from Pete Groh. He's kind of a one man band on a
mission doing his key thing on the side, but I gave him a long list of key
numbers for the XK 120, Sprite, Mark II Jag, and the E-Type and he came up
with not one, but THREE original keys for every number I gave him except
one, and he has me on a wait list for that one. That's an amazing hit ratio.
Oh yeah... his tel is 410-750-2352. He does have e-mail but I don't have
that handy.
Obviously "buyer beware" and "your experience may differ" but both these
outfits were great and did exactly what they promised.
Dick Rowley
'58 Sprite (ongoing project)
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
To: George Procyshyn <geopro@cyberdrive.net>; spridgets@autox.team.net
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, December 31, 1998 3:07 PM
Subject: Speedo Rebuilder!
>A couple folks have asked who rebuilt my speedo...sorry, I should have
>included that the first time around.
>
>It was Palo Alto Speedometer, here in the SF Bay Area. www.paspeedo.com
>They do Smiths, Jaeger, etc.
>
>I was overjoyed with the work they did, and actually wrote them a letter
>commending them on it. The turnaround was fast, the quality was much more
>than I had hoped for, and the price was quite reasonable (I don't remember
>the exact figure)
>
>CTP
>
>footnote...I went to my local place, called Speedo-Tach. Pretty big
>outfit. I walked in with my speedo, and waited, and waited, and waited,
>while the guy was trying to sell some kid a stereo or amplifier for his hot
>pink low minitruck (they diversified their speedo business a couple years
>ago). Finally he asks if I need help. I show him the speedo. He says 'I
>dunno, hang on', gets some other guy who glances at it from about 30 feet
>away and snarls "I don't work on that stuff, can't get parts for those" and
>retreats back to his cave...needless to say, P.A. Speedo was a welcome
>vendor.
>
>At 11:23 AM -0800 12/31/98, George Procyshyn wrote:
>>Chris
>>I take it your happy with the instrument rebuilder. Mind sharing who did
>>the work?
>>George Procyshyn
>
>
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