<VV> vent seals & signal switches (was Ultra Monza)

shortle shortle556 at earthlink.net
Thu Dec 8 12:35:06 EST 2011


"25 year veteran distributor". 
Lon, You're being humble. I remember buying Corvair parts from you 32+ years ago. 
Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado
Corvair owner since 1977


-----Original Message-----
>From: "lonwall at corvairunderground.com" <corvairs at pacifier.com>
>Sent: Dec 7, 2011 5:01 PM
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: Re: <VV> vent seals & signal switches (was Ultra Monza)
>
>   Perhaps if I hadn't been treated so badly by Steele I might be a 
>little sympathetic. If a domestic manufacturer treats 25 year veteran 
>distributors the way they treated me this year then they can expect more 
>of this. By the way, who is the "competitor"? Or are they still buying 
>other products from Steele?
>
>   When my own line of rebuilt motor and transmission mounts comes out 
>(because Steele pushed me out) what will they say then? They will be USA 
>made and by the same outfit that does our urethane suspension bushings 
>which we've sold for over 12 years.
>
>   Some imported stuff may very well be garbage, but what does Steele 
>expect when they treat their distributors so badly?
>
>Lon wall
>www.corvairunderground.com
>
>On 12/6/2011 8:30 PM, henry kaczmarek wrote:
>> Ray
>> The ones I have I got from Steele, but we don't make them.  They're made by a competitor, and I can only surmise, due to the quality and incorrect molding, that they are made outside USA.
>>
>> Bill Hubbell told me the early seals have the same problem as the lates.
>>
>> I'm losing patience with mass produced, made in Asia garbage, which I'm figuring is the same reason why we no longer have a GM turn signal switch that would be good for decades, and now they don't work on installation.
>>
>>
>
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