I'm sorry to hear about the Southwick situation. This is becoming all to
common at a lot of small machine shops. My brothers shop is also having
problems finding work and has had to lay off some good people. Having met
Bob and his son and seeing their facility when we took our axle down to have
it done and also having purchased some of their front hubs makes this doubly
disturbing. I wish Bob good luck in his new endeavors and hope that things
will turn around for him so he can again open his shop up and "be his own
boss".
Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 12:48 PM
Subject: [Fot] Southwick rear axle conversion
> Heads up message.
>
> The rear axle conversion that eliminates the possibility of rear axle
> and hub breakage in TR3 - TR4's has been a wonderful safety
> improvement for our cars. Southwick Machine and Design designed the
> axle and has done the conversion.
>
> Southwick's main business is serving local industries. During the
> last couple of years, the amount of work subcontracted from these
> companies to local firms like Southwick has steadily diminished to
> the point that Southwick employment is down to one person, Bob
> Southwick, the owner. Bob is going to close his shop to full time
> business and go to work for another company. He plans to continue
> doing some selected jobs during evenings and weekends.
>
> The reason for this message is to alert anyone who is contemplating a
> Southwick conversion to get their order in early. Bob is proud of the
> fact that he always meets his promised delivery dates on every job he
> does -- something pretty rare in this business. Bob's intention is to
> continue to do the TR axle conversions, but personally I'd expect the
> lead time and the communications to be more difficult to deal with.
>
> uncle jack
>
>
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