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Glad to hear the engine wasn't bad.

Looks like you'll have good weather for this weekend.

I stopped by Garlits' museum a few years ago. Great place if you're a gear head. Didn't get to meet him, though. That would have been cool.

A few pages back Pops had mentioned some deal killing problems with Inline Tube, so I thought I'd relay a recent, more positive, experience I had with a similar company.

I don't have near the selection of tools at the Vegas garage where I'm doing the '65 Dodge, so I ordered a preformed kit for both the fuel and brake lines from Classic Tube, http://www.classictube.com/. Both sets of lines fit the chassis as well as the stock pieces did, with all the bends conforming to the twisting and turning needed to get from back to front with only minor tweaking needed. The only issue I encountered was the lines from the master cylinder to the distribution block. These were non-stock items as we converted the car from drum to disc brakes. It just so happened that we discovered this the day before going to the SEMA show, so stopped by their booth to talk with someone. Had a good discussion with one of their sales guys, Mike Vacanti, and he understood the problem almost immediately. From my description he surmised that they had shipped a later model set of tubes for the M/C connections. He asked me to send back the wrong stuff to exchange for the right pieces. I asked if they could custom make them to my desired routing, and he said "sure, for a small fee, just send patterns". So we made up some wire form patterns that routed the lines in a neater way than the typical setup and sent them along with the return. When I did a follow up with Mike the following week it only took a small reminder of what we'd discussed (amazed me since he probably talked to a bazillion people at SEMA). The upshot of the story is, I got very good service from Mike, at a very reasonable price for the custom work, the lines were formed right to the patterns I sent, and except for a misrouting by UPS, they would have gotten back to me in a timely manner.

Thanks Bob for the info. We are looking for a new source, and will give them a try when the time comes.

BTW, I thought you were out in Vegas gambling and stuff like that. Didn't know you were doing the car thing for SEMA. How is it going?


Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Didn't know you were doing the car thing for SEMA. How is it going?
Don

SEMA was at the beginning of the month and was an enjoyment as usual. The rest of the time was spent doing a little yard work, and working on the Dodge (well, except for the week we spent in SoCal with family for T-giving). Back in the much cooler and wetter NW since yesterday.

BTW, if you go to Classic Tube ask for Mike in sales, he's very helpful.