I'm not in a hurry for the carbs. The head won't be back from the pocket
porting and flow bench work for a week or two anyway. I have still not got
the body back from the painter yet either. No, I'm in no hurry for the
money I am saving anyway.. I am always using the video conferencing part of
Skype to talk to a friend of mine that retired over in Thailand with his
wife. It's awesome and cheap.
Mike
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 2:03 AM, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mike -
>
> Yes, SU Burlen is excellent, provided you aren't in a hurry. Generally
> speaking the suppliers have better stock than they do. I think they just
> wait until they have enough orders of a certain type before they start
> filling them.
>
> Skype is great too. I did a 4 hour conference call from a log cabin in
> Lake Tahoe on Skype with New York and Hong Kong, the whole thing costed me 3
> Euro. I didn't even bother expensing the company for it!
>
> Alan
>
> '52 A90
> '53 BN1
> '64 BJ8
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 4:52 PM, rrengineer @dslextreme.com <
> rrengineer@dslextreme.com> wrote:
>
>> I just got off the phone (Skype) with the S.U. Carb Company in Wiltshire,
>> UK
>> about a pair of 100M carbs I have had on order since the 27th of last
>> month. I just wanted to know what the status of the order was. I thought
>> I
>> was waiting too long for them to fill this order. I guess they do not
>> fill
>> individual orders until they are made and then they build the carbs. The
>> chap on the phone actually went to the assembly line to track down my
>> order. He found the guy building my carbs and said it will be an
>> additional
>> three weeks before they will be finished. Not in a hurry over there I
>> guess. By the way, Skype is the only way to call overseas. I waited on
>> the
>> line for over 5 minutes for him to come back to the phone for a total call
>> time of 7 1/2 minutes from California to the UK. It only cost me .21
>> cents! Gotta love the intermet.
>> Mike MacLean
>> 56 BN2
>> 60 An5
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