The Forward Look Network
The Forward Look Network
Search | Statistics | User Listing Forums | Chat | eBay | Calendars | Albums | Skins | Language
You are logged in as a guest. ( logon | register )

Sticky Local Vendor Section
Moderators: Lancer Mike

Jump to page : 1 2
Now viewing page 2 [50 messages per page]
View previous thread :: View next thread
   Forward Look Local Regions -> Rocky Mountain RegionMessage format
 
firedome
Posted 2015-10-29 9:46 AM (#493513 - in reply to #493377)
Subject: Re: Local Vendor Section



Expert

Posts: 3153
200010001002525
Location: NY & VT
Old auto radios aren't too bad to restore, besides making sure that the tubes are in spec (need tubes tested or replaced) replacing (de-soldering and re-installing new) capacitors is a straightforward task, front-end alignment being the only requirement beyond most amateurs due to the equipment needed. $204 seems entirely reasonable.
Top of the page Bottom of the page
Lancer Mike
Posted 2015-10-29 9:20 PM (#493589 - in reply to #493513)
Subject: Re: Local Vendor Section



5000200020005001002525
Location: The Mile High City
Thanks, Roger. I am looking forward to picking up the radio on Saturday. I will install it and take a few pictures.
What is front-end alignment of the radio?
Top of the page Bottom of the page
Lancer Mike
Posted 2016-09-06 8:09 PM (#520671 - in reply to #493589)
Subject: Re: Local Vendor Section



5000200020005001002525
Location: The Mile High City

recently, I had a problem with the brakes on the De Soto.  On the front driver-side wheel, the brake pad separated from the shoe.  I removed everything from the spindle and gave it all to Dave at Colorado Brake and Supply Inc.  They cleaned everything up and relined the shoes and turned the drum.  $175.62 all told.  A bit more than I expected, but it turned out pretty well.  As opposed to buying on line and getting shoes not matched to the drums, this was better.

 

Colorado Brake and Supply 

8001 E. 52nd Avenue

Commerce City, CO 80022

303.289.1011

www.northamericantrucktrailer.com 

Top of the page Bottom of the page
Lancer Mike
Posted 2017-03-19 11:16 PM (#536271 - in reply to #520671)
Subject: Re: Local Vendor Section



5000200020005001002525
Location: The Mile High City

Muffler and Exhaust

Bud's Muffler Service

1010 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO 80204

303.629.0936

 

Bud's Colorado Springs

1212 N. Circle Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80909

719.634.8089

Top of the page Bottom of the page
Lancer Mike
Posted 2018-04-03 12:54 PM (#561047 - in reply to #169512)
Subject: RE: Local Vendor Section



5000200020005001002525
Location: The Mile High City

From Don H:

Transmission

I had mine done last year at Pro Trans Plus in Falcon, CO (outside of Colorado Springs). My Torqueflight was the first one that Jeff had done, but he did it right and even welded and reshaped some of the original parts and pieces so that it would run for another 60 years. His website is: http://www.protransplus.com/home

And his BBB reviews are here: https://www.bbb.org/southern-colorado/business-reviews/transmission/...

Cost was $1,800 and that included the rebuild kit. Let me know if you have any questions.

Don H.

Top of the page Bottom of the page
Stroller
Posted 2019-02-15 1:23 PM (#578248 - in reply to #169316)
Subject: Re: Local Vendor Section


Extreme Veteran

Posts: 371
1001001002525
Must be nice up around the Denver area for getting stuff done. Down south here not so much. Pueblo brake and clutch has been in the same place for as long as I can remember, my grand dad took stuff there, and there relining is top notch done how you want it done. Pueblo drive line probably the best transfer case and drive shaft builders I have dealt with. Pot metal chroming is a nightmare. When you remove the chrome pin holes might develop. Rechroming might blister or other strange things. The chrome and stainless on my '56 went back to Kentucky to be made pretty. Everything came back top notch in the first shot except the left grill insert. Interior work down here is tricky too. All shops seem to charge basically the amounts regardless and honestly you can tell the work. One shop refuses to do french double stiching, all they want to do is tuck n roll on everything.
Top of the page Bottom of the page
Lancer Mike
Posted 2019-07-09 11:37 PM (#584640 - in reply to #578248)
Subject: Re: Local Vendor Section



5000200020005001002525
Location: The Mile High City

Thanks for posting those Jerry.  Even Denver's old-car services are dwindling!  A bunch of the places listed earlier in the thread are no longer.  I hope folks will post recommendations for Colorado Springs, Salt Lake, Billings, Cheyenne, Boise...

Top of the page Bottom of the page
Lancer Mike
Posted 2020-03-07 6:25 PM (#595378 - in reply to #584640)
Subject: Re: Local Vendor Section



5000200020005001002525
Location: The Mile High City

Gerad Richard came over today and told me about a couple of places:

 

Chrome plating

Roberts Wheel and Tire

8 Federal Boulevard, Denver CO 

303-596-4360

 

Wiring Harnesses

https://www.ynzyesterdaysparts.com/

(not a local vendor) California

Top of the page Bottom of the page
Lancer Mike
Posted 2020-05-28 12:52 PM (#598901 - in reply to #595378)
Subject: Re: Local Vendor Section



5000200020005001002525
Location: The Mile High City

Going to give Auto Trim Specialists a try on a small interior project.  

Auto Trim Specialists 

4771 E. Evans Ave.

Denver, CO 80222

303-757-7463

working with Arthur now.  So far, I've had one bump in price, but we'll see how it goes.  I will report back on my experience.

Top of the page Bottom of the page
Lancer Mike
Posted 2020-06-16 10:48 PM (#599768 - in reply to #598901)
Subject: Re: Local Vendor Section



5000200020005001002525
Location: The Mile High City

Here's the facts:

  • 5/15/20 dropped off my driver's side straight across back rest and a dip frame.  Told them I wanted them to replicate the seat on the new dip frame, so in the end, I have both the original seat and a new dip seat - identical except for the frame.  Estimate: $475 and about two weeks.
  • They tell me they can't get heat sealed vinyl, but they will replicate with stitchwork.
  • 6/1/20 they call and tell me the seat is done.  I go and pick up both seats, pay remaining balance of $274.74 (total $524.74)
  • 6/3/2020 I install the new dip seat in the car and see that the pattern doesn't match up from the original passenger side seat back to the new seat back.
  • 6/4/2020 I take it back and show them the images and tell them it needs to be adjusted.
  • 6/5/2020 they call and tell me they are going to need the whole seat to do the job right.
  • 6/8/2020 I deliver the whole front seat
  • 6/15/2020 they tell me the seat is done and I pick it up - they charge me $130.19 for more material (grand total paid now $654.93), now the gray and the red line up.
  • 38% over cost estimate, 100% over time estimate.

My impressions:

  1. Quality is so-so.  I think Blanche Jones did a MUCH better job of stitchwork, details, and fitting the different vinyls together.
  2. I think the mistake was theirs, but we shared the price of fixing it.
  3. I asked several times for them to save the materials, particularly the second order so I could redo my armrest, only to be told they threw it away - leaving me to wonder if they even ordered new material or just charged me for it to cover the cost of the adjustment.
  4. They did not do a good match of the piping color
  5. I did a bunch of the work by removing the seats and delivering them, but it doesn't feel like that saved me anything.
  6. Sketchy operation - none of the receipts are well itemized, it seems like the make up prices as they go
  7. Time spent, price, and quality were ultimately disappointing.

I was really hoping they would work out, but I am NOT recommending them.  There surely must be other local places that do better work.





(doesnt line up 1.jpg)



(doesnt line up 2.jpg)



Attachments
----------------
Attachments doesnt line up 1.jpg (161KB - 482 downloads)
Attachments doesnt line up 2.jpg (180KB - 481 downloads)
Top of the page Bottom of the page
1959 Belvedere Conv
Posted 2021-12-19 11:44 AM (#617777 - in reply to #362609)
Subject: Re: Local Vendor Section


Elite Veteran

Posts: 1107
1000100
Location: Arvada, Colorado (NW Denver Metro Area)
 

Mike, I now own one of these Spring panel Licence plate panels. It was available over-the-counter as it came out late in the 57 model year for counter sales. I really like the looks of the cars with them.

Have you installed that one on the 58 convertible yet? Just wondering if you made a template for the holes to be drilled for the pins?  Mine also is missing one pin on the back end of the car.

 

John

 
Top of the page Bottom of the page
Lancer Mike
Posted 2023-03-13 9:08 PM (#628237 - in reply to #617777)
Subject: Re: Local Vendor Section



5000200020005001002525
Location: The Mile High City

I did!  I did!

http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=41650&posts=26&highlight=drilling&highlightmode=1#M580128

(sorry my post is a couple of years late)

Top of the page Bottom of the page
Lancer Mike
Posted 2023-03-13 9:15 PM (#628238 - in reply to #628237)
Subject: Re: Local Vendor Section



5000200020005001002525
Location: The Mile High City

Local vendors seem to be getting to be few and far between these days!  I had to have my brakes relined and I sent them to White Post Restorations https://whitepost.com/brake-sleeving-rebuilding-services/ after seeing their advertisement in Hemmings. The bonded the brake pads to the shoes and did a pretty good job.  Fairly quick turnaround too.  They did not bevel the edges of the pads, but I just filed 'em down a little before installation. 

Top of the page Bottom of the page
Lancer Mike
Posted 2023-03-13 9:20 PM (#628239 - in reply to #628238)
Subject: Re: Local Vendor Section



5000200020005001002525
Location: The Mile High City

I also sent out some pot-metal spinners to Speed & Sport Chrome Plating in Texas https://speedsportchrome.com/.  They did pretty well with a few miscommunications.  They send items back really well packed, but COD.  I haven't done COD forever, but it is a pain in the butt!

Top of the page Bottom of the page
Jump to page : 1 2
Now viewing page 2 [50 messages per page]
Jump to forum :
Search this forum
Printer friendly version
E-mail a link to this thread

* * * This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated * * *


(Delete all cookies set by this site)