Trained monkeys at Speedway?

Try Sacramento Vintage.
chuck

 

I have had terrible luck with calling on the phone. There are a couple guys I talked to that know what they are talking about but I always have to ask for them. The people that answer the phones are jerks to me and have never had anything helpfull or nice to say.


Nick

 

***Scroll up and read posts 24-26 again.... if you can't take a joke(as expected), then don't make them in the first place. I didn't start this thread (or the insults), but when you or anyone else bashes my country (joking or not) I'll give it right back to you...

There, now we're done.

 

Actually, I never mentioned Iraq... I happen to have a couple of close friends there with the US Air Force. My wife's not big breasted, but lived in lots of different states when she was with the Air Force.
Just sour on ordering parts, then waiting 3 weeks for someone to put a part in a box... Goin' back to work on the coupe now, didn't mean to start any flame war...

Flatman

 

I think speedway's customer service and shipping is among the best. Never had a problem and parts usually arrive earlier than quoted.

 

I'vebought stuff from them 1/2 dozen times had no problems at all

 

Never had a problem with them until the order I just placed. Over half of it is back ordered. Don't know if I would really consider it a problem just that it has never happaed with them before and so many of the items to be out of stock too. Maybe they let the inventery run low at the end of the year for tax reasons. Who knows?!?

 

Last time I used Speedway was in 1987-88 when I built a 29 coupe. Shipping was real fast, Qualty was A1+ for the price. Allways a good place to deal with . A damn site better than some of the left coast shops I could speak of. Mr. Smith and his crew out in Lincoln seemed to me to be way above average in all the dealings I had with them.I plan on buying some more parts from out there for my 28 roadster build. Might even get a new catalog to. Maybe you just got hold of someone on a off {bad} day.. Hollywood423

 

I've always had really good luck with Speedway-even when I e-mailed them questions about products they didn't carry. Ask for Marty-very good guy.Knows a lot, very helpful and used to run the dirt track across from my vet hospital in central PA.

 

Always had good luck with Speedway. Easy to talk to, don't mind answereing stupid questions, and always gets to me quickly.

 

We can joke about cars and yea you have to have some thick skin to come on here Mr. 7 poster but the last thing you will ever get away with is a joke about the War and the guys and women who are there to protect US from idiots that wouldn't think twice about killing you or me.
I'ld be damn thankful if I were you.

There, I've turned to corner to cars. Don't Fuk it up and make another joke or comment about the war.
deal.
Cob[/QUOTE]

***LOL...um, listen, Internet tough guy, I'll comment on anything I want, but thanks for the "warning" anyway. What are you going to do...shoot me with the gun under your pillow?
Uh no, I'm not "thankful" for the actions of your government & military in this war. Your country invaded Iraq, killed thousands of innocent people and created even more hatred for the USA, and is sacrificing its young people for nothing; not mine. That's hardly something to be "thankful" about. Iraq is a quagmire and the war has NOT made your country (or mine) ANY safer than before. If you haven't figured out that the Bush administration's war is based on lies and deception then that's your problem(oh right (sigh)...you still believe Saddam was behind 9/11, huh? tsk tsk...). If I were you I'd be more worried about the actions of your own government than Iraqis ,"Taliban-ers" , and those damned Canadians.

And for the second time this thread is not about MY car; it was started by SOMEONE ELSE. This forum is not about politics but if you joke about or slight my country, then I'll joke about or slight yours.

Now put down your flag and gun and move on. Back to cars.

 

im fum nebrasky and i aint never had no problum wiff spedway or the gud skule sistum....i think its gode as hell! Haa haa.
All seriousnes aside, I've been dealing with Speedway for 25 years and never had a problem. If I don't feel like driving the 50 miles to their place, I'll have them ship to me and it's always on my step the next day.. They haven't screwed up my orders yet.
BTW, I also bought an Offenhauser tranny adapter from them a few years ago. It adapted the S-10 5 speed tranny to the 59 AB flathead. It came as a kit with the pilot adapter sleeve and the throwout bearing sleeve. I did have to hone the inside diameter ot the pilot sleeve to get it to go on but that's all. Oh yeah, I had a little starter clearance trouble but a little die grinder work solved it in 2 minutes.
I drove down to Lincoln for that stuff....they had it in stock at that time and I was in and out in 20 minutes.....
If they have trained monkeys there, they're pretty well trained...

 

Speedway's great. Don't post a "traied monkeys" insult here; don't bitch to us. Call them up, and I'm sure they can set things right.

 

Good job flat_top, you are doing your best to make every American on this board dislike you. Go back to lurking hippie.

 

Ok, a little off subject here, but hey, this thread REALLY went off, eh?

Anyways that car in your sig line, I know that from the local B&B Machine in Siloam...too cool, ran a 13 or so if I remember correctly?

 

Anyone that REALLY wants to ship something to Canda can figure it out.
Not that Fucking hard.
Especially if that is a big business,not someone working out of their basement.

USPS,UPS,Purolator,etc all manage to find our Igloos.

The amount of paperwork is the same going in both directions.



Shouldn't be too hard to find another supplier.

 

Just to clarify - Flatman started the thread, Flat_top is the one making the Iraq jokes.

 

Clark is the man. Call and ask for him. I've tried to deal with them over the internet and had alot better response on the phone. Clark will take care of ya.

 

Clark is the man. Call and ask for him. I've tried to deal with them over the internet and had alot better response on the phone. Clark will take care of ya.

 

I've ordered a good deal of chassis parts from them in the past with no problems at all.

 

my candy store? never had a problem.

 

as for traied monkeys at speedway, "Bonzo" has allwats got me the right stuff I ordered and was delivered by "Bubbles" very fast . As for corncob and flat top, take the argue ment outside to a different message board! i've lost friends over there too, and yes we are fucked over , but this is NOT the website to bitch about it on ! oh, yes i really am loosing sleep as to whether either of you to like me or not . have a better night r.r.

 

Trained monkeys?,I think not! Ordered a rod end just before Xmas,item shipped Dec 28,cleared customs Jan 2,should have it in a few days.Got a civil and well written e-mail from Don Stoakes giving me all the info.No problem here and "I am Canadian"!

 

Not to change the subject,but how much was the brokerage fee
to get it through Canadian Customs ?

I try to get stuff shipped by USPS,no brokerage fees that way.

 

Unkl Ian;When I get the goodie and the brokerage fee I'll give you a yell.I normally get my goods shipped to the outlaws in Minn.,but this time I wanted the rod end right away.Ah! can you say sticker shock?

 

I ordered rotors, calipers and some other stuff from Speedway, received email the next day, the outer races for the rotors bearings were back ordered and Speedway asked if it was OK to hold order for races.
I received the entire 107 pound order three weeks later after the races were in stock. The entire order was shipped overnight at no charge for shipping.

That qualifies as excellent customer service in my opinion.

dave

 

Ive had nothing but the best with speedway. Good tech, good prices, and quick delivery.....



Cory
"Blame Canada.."
"America, fuck yea..."

 

As rusty ford said Clark knows his stuff ran the local raceland speed shop in Lincoln for a number of years then sold out and got on at speedway.Marty Bassett also really knows his stuff.Two really good knowledgable guys.