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1. $400 Joe Curto carb rebuild (score: 1): Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>; Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 14:31:25 -0700; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00781.html (6,546 bytes)
2. Re: $400 Joe Curto carb rebuild (score: 1): Author: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 17:33:15 -0500; Man, Billy! Those look pretty good to me even given the vice marks. Everything else looks new on them. In my experience, original SUs when they were brand new weren't much cleaner that what you've go; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00785.html (7,685 bytes)
3. Re: $400 Joe Curto carb rebuild (score: 1): Author: dmeadow@juno.com; Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 19:31:45 -0500; I'd have to go with Jim, here. I wouldn't expect them to be polished necessarily. That's a whole different level from just rebuilding, and one that is beyond "original." Bead blasting wouldn't polish; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00793.html (8,598 bytes)
4. Re: $400 Joe Curto carb rebuild (score: 1): Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>; Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 18:59:13 -0700; No, but I'd expect it to be bead blasted clean. There's no excuse for such shoddy work. BZ; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00794.html (7,928 bytes)
5. Re: $400 Joe Curto carb rebuild (score: 1): Author: Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 19:26:31 -0700 (PDT); I don't agree. I have soaked junkyard dashpots in carb cleaner for a few hours and had them look better than this. And there is absolutely no reason for vise marks on the sides. When the picture on; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00795.html (8,725 bytes)
6. RE: $400 Joe Curto carb rebuild (score: 1): Author: "David Ramsey" <dwramsey@worldnet.att.net>; Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 23:16:24 -0700; Those carbs look great to me, the marks on the dome look like factory tooling marks. Even the new SU's don't look any better than that. Why don't you just have them chromed. Crash http://www.punkband; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00796.html (8,285 bytes)
7. Re: $400 Joe Curto carb rebuild (score: 1): Author: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 03:24:37 -0500; Caveat Emptor I suppose. Not having cleaned SUs before I can only go by my experience with Bing Constant Velocities. I have never been able to get the metal on the Bings to look any better than the S; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00797.html (9,445 bytes)
8. RE: $400 Joe Curto carb rebuild (score: 1): Author: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>; Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 07:24:26 -0500; Based on the description, I expected them to look terrible. I thought they looked fine. If you want them to look better than new, they're easily polished on a buffing wheel. WST Those carbs look gre; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00802.html (8,991 bytes)
9. RE: $400 Joe Curto carb rebuild (score: 1): Author: "Brashear, Jack, N" <JNBrashear@garverengineers.com>; Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 09:22:47 -0500; Hi All, I've seen several examples of Joe Curto's work and have found it to be very well done if not a bit pricey. I have much respect for what he does and I don't wish to divert any business from hi; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00807.html (9,384 bytes)
10. Re: $400 Joe Curto carb rebuild (score: 1): Author: "Patton Dickson" <57healey@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 09:40:14 -0500; When Jim rebuilt my carbs a couple of months ago for my 100-Six, he said the only other person that he believes does carbs correctly was Joe. Patton -- Patton Dickson - http://Austin-Healeys.com/; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00808.html (9,190 bytes)
11. Re: $400 Joe Curto carb rebuild (score: 1): Author: Daniel1312@aol.com; Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 12:15:28 EDT; This is pretty much what brand new carbs look like. And having bought a brand new in the box HS6 I should know. Daniel1312; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00812.html (8,560 bytes)
12. Re: $400 Joe Curto carb rebuild (score: 1): Author: RBHouston@aol.com; Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 14:20:59 EDT; Those carbs look great to me, the marks on the dome look like factory tooling marks. Even the new SU's don't look any better than that. Why don't you just have them chromed. Crash I gotta say, mine f; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00821.html (8,988 bytes)
13. Re: $400 Joe Curto carb rebuild (score: 1): Author: "Robert E. Shlafer" <pilotrob@webtv.net>; Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 21:17:08 GMT; "Those carbs look great to me" Well, according to what I just read on the website, the current $350 price for O/H does NOT include polishing..only "cleaning" and that's exactly how your carbs. look t; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00823.html (9,486 bytes)
14. Re: $400 Joe Curto carb rebuild (score: 1): Author: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>; Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 15:35:16 -0700; Yes, but I think it was on YOUR part. You must have misread something. There was no mention of polishing except when I said that I wasn't expecting any. BZ; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00829.html (8,188 bytes)
15. Re: $400 Joe Curto carb rebuild (score: 1): Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 20:51:08 -0400; Here's 2 shots of the carbs I just did for Linda's "Pinky" http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut/su1.jpg http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut/su2.jpg Clean, rebuilt, powdercoated linkages and any other stee; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00833.html (8,594 bytes)
16. RE: $400 Joe Curto carb rebuild (score: 1): Author: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>; Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 20:15:35 -0500; I'll send ya some tomorrow... ;) Here's 2 shots of the carbs I just did for Linda's "Pinky" http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut/su1.jpg http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut/su2.jpg Clean, rebuilt, powderc; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00834.html (8,710 bytes)
17. Re: $400 Joe Curto carb rebuild (score: 1): Author: RBHouston@aol.com; Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 16:50:57 EDT; Here's 2 shots of the carbs I just did for Linda's "Pinky" I gotta say they look a lot better than the one's the Zoom man has. Robert Houston Texan in NM 73 MG Midget 74.5 MGBGT 63 TR4 Transported to; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00858.html (8,359 bytes)
18. Re: $400 Joe Curto carb rebuild (score: 1): Author: "Robert E. Shlafer" <pilotrob@webtv.net>; Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 21:49:38 GMT; "Yes, but I think it was on YOUR part" OK. Then you got what you paid for Billy, insofar as cleaning of the existing surface. What upset me about the situation is the fact he didn't ask you to send t; /html/spridgets/2006-05/msg00876.html (7,901 bytes)

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