Hi All !
I have seen first hand a complete repro control yoke here in chicago
and it is a better piece then was first produced . (by atari )
But he is still tardy on shipping orders .
Ted
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Tim Matthews <trmatthe@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Colin (& list)
>
> I also saw the "NOS" 25" Ampli tubes on the site so mailed asking for more
> information and tried to place an order. I asked whether the glass and yokes
> are NOS or remakes and similar questions for the HT and deflection boards.
> That was about a week ago and I've still not received a response :( However,
> from re-reading the pages (possibly before they re-jigged and pulled some
> pages) it seems that he's having new tubes and yokes made. So they're
> definitely not NOS found in a timewarp warehouse somewhere. But he did say
> they'd passed his QA so were moving into production. I believe he also
> mentions that the HT and deflection boards are remakes with uprated and
> modern equivalents. I wonder what he's done about the MRC?
>
> Without wanting to disparage David and his business, I can only confirm
> that people have had delivery of T-molding (for Star Wars cockpit) as well
> as a yoke rebuild kit (circa 8 month delay on that though). I've not heard
> of anybody with a full repro yoke, nor any of the other parts that are
> advertised. It seems that he has the best of intentions and just needs a
> good business manager to handle the boring side whilst he's out and about
> doing QA, negotiating production runs and generally getting his hands dirty.
> He's got a killer portfolio and if he can deliver it I'm sure he's going to
> be very successful.
>
> cheers
> tim
>
> ps This is my inaugural post to VectorList and I'd just like to say how
> much I appreciate all the contributions people make. I've been read-only for
> quite a while and learnt some very useful information, so thanks!
>
> On 15 June 2010 19:53, Colin Davies <colin.w.davies@btopenworld.com>wrote:
>
>> It looks like Ram controls has has some new 'amp' Tubes made up from
>> reading on the website ... (and he was taking pre orders for Upright /
>> Cockpit cab repros to aparently cover the costs of the tube run a couple of
>> weeks ago...)
>>
>> So... He claims to have NEW tubes and New ? yokes to go with them.... If
>> he has really gone to a manufacturer to make new tubes...(or has managed to
>> sumble on a load of NOS ones)....then this is quite interesting....
>>
>> He does have some good parts, and has supplied stuff to various guys om
>> the scene.... and I'm hoping he has got his customer service issues sorted
>> now ? (which was the main issue with dealing with the guy)
>>
>
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