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Re: WERACE Spridget telescopic shocks

To: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: WERACE Spridget telescopic shocks
From: Arthur Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 18:58:51 -0400 (EDT)
        I'd be interested to find some resonable replacements. Has anyone
had good luck with Apple? I've never had a problem with them but am now
afraid to try their shocks.
...Art


On Sat, 20 Sep 1997, Ulix Goettsch wrote:

> It's a beautiful sunny day in Seattle and I am sitting in front of the
> flicker box.  Well, not much longer, I hear a calling from the garage
> "Take my top down!"  
> 
> Here is my problem:
> I am sick of my Apple Hydraulics rebuilt lever shocks, since only one is
> still working.  The one I got replaced under warranty lasted a couple of
> weeks.  I want to go with lever shocks front and rear, but refuse to spend
> the outrageous amounts of money that Spax conversions cost.
> The cheapest way seems to be the conversions from JC Whitney, front $120,
> rear $80 with cheap Gabriel shocks, with the rear ones being too long
> (Thanks Rich Wagner).
> (BTW, the newest JCW catalog doesn't list these anymore, did they
> discontinue them?)
> The kits are made by Werace in Oregon who supposedly sells the kits with
> better shocks.  Just like it says in the Monster List, these guys are hard
> to get a hold of.  I managed to get someone on the phone who promised to
> send me info, I left another phone message reminder, but nothing has
> happened yet.
> In the meantime, does anyone have experiences with these kits (ever on a
> B) or could tell me how much they charge for kits with better shocks?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>     Ulix                                                    __/__,__          
> .......................................................... (_o____o_).....
>                                                            '67 Sprite
> 
> 
> 


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