Good Lord Genuine Stromberg Replacement Parts are EXPENSIVE!

That is all.

Your venting on the topic will be much appreciated.

 

The cheap **** is more "expensive".

 

Wait a minute, isn't this where somebody chimes in and says Speedway's 97 parts are cheap Chinese ****? I've purchased some genuine 97 stuff from SoCal in Phoenix and the Hot Rod Shop and consider that I'm getting good value for my money.

 

Vintage Speed repair kits are excellent and most of his parts are also..I agree, the England parts are very expensive..
Duane.

 

... and this is where someone talks about the fact that popcorn pops at a certain temp. etc...

tick... tick... tick

 

At least we have options to keep these old girls runnin. Could be worse.

 

What's with all the *****fests about hot rodding costing too much lately? Yeah it's expensive! If it were a cheap and easy hobby, everyone would do it! Go get some legos or sew up a quilt or something...

 

They didn't use to be that expensive did they?

 

I don't really think they are that expensive. <----does that make me a gold chainer?

 

Utter ********.
They undertook the complete remanufacture of a piece of 1930s technology, made it better and then marketed it to the world at great personal expense. You think they should've done it for nothing? The only venting on this thread should be about how much of a dumb topic for a thread this is.

I reckon you should ditch those 'expensive' Strombergs and go fit a Holley instead.

 

******** have udders? Seems to be a bit of a contradiction there!

And you can't get milk from a cow's head,cause it comes from the udder end.
(vet joke, sorry).

But, I agree. I think a legitimate remanufacture and updating of a limited run product that does what it is supposed to do may be costly, but it won't be expensive.

 

Some people, like myself, can't afford to be cheap.....it pays in the long run to buy quality stuff.

 

"Mamma says, cheap is as cheap does.."... that's what mama says...

Yeah.. ****s expensive, but it makes you appreciate it all the more..! Of course I'll take cheap anyday.. be it parts or women.

 

Quality costs and when it is a comparative low quan***y the price ends up being a tad more than high volume stuff.

 

Few are as cheap as I am. Where at all possible, I stay away from Chinese replacement parts.

I'm not that cheap.

 

What parts on your Chinese usually need replacing?

 

Of course the price has gone.
They have to pay for their box artwork somehow.
YOU KNOWTHE ONE THAT C--K****ER IN LINCOLN NEBRASKA COPIED!!!

 

Expensive? Compared to what? A loaf of bread? When I was a kid, mom gave me a dime and sent me three blocks to the store for a loaf of bread. I came home with a full sized loaf and a penny change. ( yes, I am really that old). Today I bought a loaf of bread for 2.48 and it has come down. Things go up. Pay up or give up.

 

Bullocks are male bulls, they have a pair of big ******** , cows have udders & no ******** hth
btw THE STROMBERG PARTS ARE EXCELLENT & WORTH EVERY PENNY IN MY OPINION.

 

Your only saying that because your from England!!!!

 

I'd love a pair of those Strombergs - but I'm a rodder who lives in England and, apparently, not worthy......

Something to do with the smell of wet gr*** and burger grease??????

 

Oh your worthy....you still live there!

 

But, I do think you'd qualify for ********. Maybe even udders, if you'd buy them dinner first. But not at the same time, please.

 

Rebuilding and restoring carburetors is no place to use 2nd best parts.

 

You get what you pay for right?

 

Basically, you have two choices.....
One is to save for three months to have enough money to purchase that first-cl*** item you want. And then you enjoy it for a long time.
The other choice is to buy something cheaper right away. And then spend those three months, or more, *****ing about what a piece of **** it is.
Take your pick.

 

I don't want to sound like I'm *****ing. And I certainly would never buy cheap Chinese trash. I just spent a grand restoring 6 carbs, is all. Expensive, but well worth it. I am comparing this not to a loaf of bread, but to restoring other carbs, like the aforementioned Holley. Again, I'm not *****ing, I was just a little surprised at the bill.

 

No question that that is a pile of money,but, did you get an estimate before the work was done?

 

Well yeah, I saw the price before I paid for the parts. It's just the nature of the beast. You have a carb with a ton of stainless on it, not to mention the fact that they aren't m*** produced to the level of carbs like Edelbrock and Holley. I understand all of this. It's just hard to deny that these things make them more expensive. That's all I was trying to get at

It's just unfortunate that we all couldn't be ignorant and have duller tastes and be into things like Toyotas, where you can trade a pack of cigarettes for a carburetor.
Our niche however, dictates that we pay more for the finer things in life. That we spend a thousand dollars to have shiny stainless accelerator pump rods, and levers. I couldn't ask for anything more, but it's humorous at the same time how this love of ours can be absurd sometimes, and I was merely trying to point out the absurdity in paying the kind of money necessary for something that really isn't necessary, at all. Especially when 4 of the carbs are dummies. Of course, to me I would never settle for anything less.

Sorry that I caused such a ruckus.