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09-28-2009, 02:41 PM
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Another automotive company bites the dust...
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09-28-2009, 02:43 PM
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Wow! Thats heavyweight too 
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09-28-2009, 02:50 PM
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Ayatollah of Rock N Rolla / Admin
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Yeah, I remember when they first filed. Bad news for sure.
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09-28-2009, 03:06 PM
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Its the weiand street warrior intake...
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09-28-2009, 04:02 PM
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Sad to see so many go lately.
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10-02-2009, 07:40 AM
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they are not gone. they filed for protection from their creditors, which was a wise move since one of their creditors was going to foreclose on the loan they extended to them and liquidate their assets. now, let's just cross our fingers that they are able to produce some capital and pay a substantial portion of what they owe.
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10-02-2009, 08:56 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NJ Torque
Its the weiand street warrior intake...
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10-02-2009, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon
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Yea did that thing EVER come out?...Its was a ongoing joke on tech for months lol.
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10-02-2009, 10:29 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Originally Posted by jims69camaro
they are not gone. they filed for protection from their creditors, which was a wise move since one of their creditors was going to foreclose on the loan they extended to them and liquidate their assets. now, let's just cross our fingers that they are able to produce some capital and pay a substantial portion of what they owe.
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I doubt they'll have the capital this time, they just emerged from it last year. Maybe they should have jumped into the hybrid market and made performance parts for those. 
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10-02-2009, 06:12 PM
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Holley Crap! I didnt hear about the first one.
Yeah, I think this is the end if thats the case.
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10-02-2009, 06:13 PM
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Ayatollah of Rock N Rolla / Admin
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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
Holley Crap! I didnt hear about the first one.
Yeah, I think this is the end if thats the case.
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I figure somebody will buy the carb business. As for the rest of it, who knows.
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10-02-2009, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by WildBillyT
I figure somebody will buy the carb business. As for the rest of it, who knows.
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the whole idea behind them picking up the mom&pop stores was to offer a "one stop shop" that offered everything from the carb to the intake, and beyond. not a bad business model, but the excess weight dragged them down. now that they're floundering, i wonder if they won't try to sell off some of the dead weight? they could always stick with carbs. grant's company isn't that big; certainly big enough to steal some market share, but come on... everyone has a holley carb in one of their hot rods.
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10-02-2009, 09:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jims69camaro
the whole idea behind them picking up the mom&pop stores was to offer a "one stop shop" that offered everything from the carb to the intake, and beyond. not a bad business model, but the excess weight dragged them down. now that they're floundering, i wonder if they won't try to sell off some of the dead weight? they could always stick with carbs. grant's company isn't that big; certainly big enough to steal some market share, but come on... everyone has a holley carb in one of their hot rods.
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See, I always thought that the problem was their carbs were always too expensive, so many people buy used ones. $400 for a carb? Really?
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10-02-2009, 10:07 PM
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Chapter 11 = reorg. Not liquidation.
From what I read they had a lot of OE work that dried up in the past year. And I don't mean carbs.
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10-02-2009, 10:14 PM
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Ayatollah of Rock N Rolla / Admin
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Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
Chapter 11 = reorg. Not liquidation.
From what I read they had a lot of OE work that dried up in the past year. And I don't mean carbs.
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CAT heavy equipment, right?
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10-02-2009, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by NJ Torque
Its the weiand street warrior intake...
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10-03-2009, 02:09 AM
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Originally Posted by WildBillyT
See, I always thought that the problem was their carbs were always too expensive, so many people buy used ones. $400 for a carb? Really?
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You get what you pay for. I will eat my Remington 12ga. before a Carter or Q-Jet will ever touch my car!!!
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10-03-2009, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by 1972LT1
You get what you pay for. I will eat my Remington 12ga. before a Carter or Q-Jet will ever touch my car!!!
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Right, but because the new carbs are so expensive a lot of people just buy used Holleys.
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10-05-2009, 02:14 AM
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Right, but because the new carbs are so expensive a lot of people just buy used Holleys.
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What are you saying,Holley priced themselves out of buisness? It's either a $400 Holley or a $1200 fuel injection system.
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10-05-2009, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by 1972LT1
What are you saying,Holley priced themselves out of buisness? It's either a $400 Holley or a $1200 fuel injection system.
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Or a $100-150 used carb, and a (up to) $100 for a trick kit rebuild and some of your personal time and you have a (relatively) new carb for about $250. I just got into carbs and honestly it is soo much cheaper than FI but I think a hunk of metal that is cast zinc that the mold is what, 40 years old? the bowls and body should cost almost nothing to produce. Also the carbs without the choke horns cost MORE than ones with the horn, WTF is up with that?
I can see how some of the new aluminum carbs with the billet bodies, metering blocks and throttle plates could cost more but zinc is cheap and old technology.
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10-05-2009, 12:56 PM
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damnnn
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10-05-2009, 01:12 PM
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Or a $100-150 used carb, and a (up to) $100 for a trick kit rebuild and some of your personal time and you have a (relatively) new carb for about $250. I just got into carbs and honestly it is soo much cheaper than FI but I think a hunk of metal that is cast zinc that the mold is what, 40 years old? the bowls and body should cost almost nothing to produce. Also the carbs without the choke horns cost MORE than ones with the horn, WTF is up with that?
I can see how some of the new aluminum carbs with the billet bodies, metering blocks and throttle plates could cost more but zinc is cheap and old technology.
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Yup, that's my point. A brand new 4150 750DP is $434. You can grab a used one and trick kit it for $250 at the most.
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10-05-2009, 05:50 PM
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Yup....I paid $250 for a rebuilt 750 DP with a base setup for my car already tossed in.
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