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Enough to make a grown man cry
Just received my D Looper from FEDEX smashed. Origional as raced and not frozen up. I'm really mad as it was dropped then put in another box and shipped as if nothing happened. Nothing on it to say it should be inspected that they damaged it.. FEDEX boxed it so they are going to have to pay the damage. Anyone out there that can write up a repair bill? The cost should be for replacement of parts to as new condition, not just welded up. All machine work and installation. I would like them to pay about $800 to $900. The magnito is smashed, the front crankcase broken and the early exhaust elbow broke in half. I'm not sure about carb damage yet. Thanks...Steve
Its clear that the engine was not packaged too well
It is too bad about all the damage. I too have been victim on what is really my own stupidity when I assumed that UPS would take care of the shipment with what I thought was good packaging. It wasn't. I went to a local Mercury dealer to really find out how and it really means breaking it down to the largest components being separated and "entombing" the engine in plastic wrap, bubble wrap, popcorn and then expanding foam in a large box with sytrofoam walls and tons of tape to where the contents are in the box like suspended animation! and you can almost bounce the box off the grond like a basketball! AND I mean just that. Since then there has not been a single freight damage problem. I tell you don't scrimp on the packaging no different than on the shipping. The average cost to package and ship a Merc 4 cylinder racing engine is about $50.00 in packaging and about $150.00 to ship anywhere in North Amerca. What you seen in how that Quincy was shipped would not happen,
That Quincy front is from a Merc 500 44 cube engine. The broken elbo Dick Olthoff (who makes the Looper 6) can replace that or have it welded and do a good refinishing job. Sure it looks all awful but it can be repaired easily and without great cost.
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More Chaparrals - Quincy powered
I can only assume that the Chaparral flat deck wedge hydros made by Wayne Walgrave were all Quincy powered Alkys. In this 1980 or 1981 picture at Detroit Lakes, Minnesota there were 2 more stacked up still waiting on the trailer to use soon enough. At this race there were Modifieds, Alkys and Inboards all on deck that day though she was a little rough.