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Re: SU needles TRUTH REVEALED!

To: "brian S" <bugeye15@hotmail.com>,spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: SU needles TRUTH REVEALED!
From: Peter C <peter@nosimport.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:09:07 -0500
Brian,
         Is the V3 needle your best choice?  Probably not.  Others 
are better suited to guide you on that subject.
Peter

And Joe Curto just told me Jerry died last October.  There goes my 
commission check.  He and I had some history. Remind me over beers at 
the 50th in LotO

=
At 09:41 AM 4/5/2007, brian S wrote:

>THANK YOU Peter,
>
>I know we saw those numbers on the needle. Frank, Kevin and I w 2 
>pairs of glasses each, and Frankie and one of his friends ( with 
>good young eyes) all saw the same number, no letters.
>So, the next question is....Is it a good needle to use on a fairly 
>hopped up 1098?
>
>Brian S.
>Bugeyeracer under resto
>
>
>
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: Peter C <peter@nosimport.com>
>Reply-To: Peter C <peter@nosimport.com>
>To: "brian S" <bugeye15@hotmail.com>,spridgets@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: SU needles  TRUTH REVEALED!
>Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:18:49 -0500
>
>At 06:41 PM 4/4/2007, brian S wrote:
>
>>While at the OSHIT Tune. Up. Repair. Day. last weekend, (great name 
>>Kevin) we, well Frank, (Thanks again Frank) rebuilt my carbs. The 
>>needles had a number on them that no one had seen before, and 
>>wasn't listed in Frank's SU book.
>>The number on the needles was 467. Anyone have any idea about these 
>>needles? They're in 1.5 in. SU's.
>>
>>
>>Brian S.
>>Bugeyeracer under resto
>================
>OK... I've said this before, but it's been a while.
>
>Back in the 60's and 70's, there was a guy in Joisey, Jerry Salny, 
>for whom I worked. He owned an imported auto parts store curiously 
>named Imported Auto Parts.... in Morristown NJ. He also manufactured 
>SU carburettor kits and many of the components. His stuff was better 
>than the original, very often. He made needles, but because of 
>potential trade mark infringements, could not stamp them with the 
>same number Skinners Union used. He sold to Beck, later Beck/Arnley, 
>Columbia, Vera, BAP, Geon, Nisonger, Moss, you name it. He sold more 
>kits than the OEs did. His stuff is still around. He may still be 
>making it. Curto was/is a customer. You'll see kits marked SalCorp 
>from Moss and others. Great stuff.
>
>ANYWAY, I have the cross references of needles from his numbers to 
>SU numbers. He only made the stock-for-USA spec needles, so there's not many.
>
>467 needle is a V3, and came in a carb kit of his labeled SAL-1467 F or R
>fitting HS2 948 engines.
>
>
>Hope that helps. It should.... you guys were foundering there.
>
>Peter C




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