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10-06-2022, 09:32 PM | #91 | |||
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Flexible Drive is still around - located Keilor Park, only employs around 35 people nationally these days compared to 700 across two manufacturing plants in the 1970s when they were a tier 1 supplier to our manufacturing industry. Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 10-06-2022 at 09:38 PM. |
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10-06-2022, 09:43 PM | #92 | ||
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VDO from what I know are gone. Howard Instruments imports them from memory. VDO was massive in its day.
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10-06-2022, 10:14 PM | #93 | |||
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Flexible Drive is one of their distributors, but has **** stock levels, they just carry a core range - they also used to manufacture Stewart Warner instrumentation under licence decades ago, then it turned to **** and the distribution and manufacturing rights of SW instrumentation in Australia was taken off them, now its hard to get your hands on and costs an arm and a leg. If you want SW instrumentation its way cheaper (and quicker) to buy it out of Summit Racing ex USA. Howard Instruments also resells VDO. Shepparton Speedo & Instrument service carries a large range of VDO stuff on hand, As far as interstate stuff goes, I'm not too sure about other states but those are your three bigger sources of VDO stuff in VIC. |
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12-06-2022, 09:14 AM | #94 | ||
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Moss Industrial is still here in Dandenong South.
https://mossindustrial.com.au/work-samples/
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09-07-2022, 09:19 AM | #95 | ||
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Wilson Transformer Company in Glen Waverley.
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09-07-2022, 10:25 PM | #96 | ||
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Go Faster Bits (GFB) in Peakhurst (Sydney).
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10-07-2022, 08:20 AM | #98 | ||
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Wilsons is still around though.
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04-07-2024, 10:29 AM | #99 | ||
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hi
Since Bosch purchased PBR brakes they have proceeded to delete all PBR overhaul kits. Bosch is not the company they used to be . |
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04-07-2024, 11:00 AM | #100 | ||
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Sure is, that would put it in the “What’s still here” category as per the title
They are probably in the critical infrastructure category one of the reasons they’re still around. Add to that the things they make are difficult to ship cheaply.
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04-07-2024, 04:22 PM | #101 | ||
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hi
Besco batteries in S.A. Far better batteries than others especially Century . Century eventually purchased Besco batteries . Once purchased under a cheaper redesign they were being resold but only as a badge engineered Century ghost product . Besco ""copies"" were never as durable as the original . Maintaining a huge fleet of cabs does shows up poor quality . Bleeding acid , short lifespans , random failures Ever wonder why u only get 2-3 yrs outta a battery . |
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05-07-2024, 07:50 AM | #102 | ||
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