Quote Originally Posted by magnum2.5 View Post
16 carbs ...thats like flushing the toilet everytime you step on it....I know I got one... DANIA not what it used to be..most marine flea markets are new vendors with retail crap not marine parts...and then they want retail prices for 20 yr old parts...we have a " SURPLUS marine connection" here in FT PIERCE, got lots of stuff but prices are extreme...I buy offshore HD metal pick-up tubes (KIT) for fourty bucks cause I cant get them anywhere else for that price, good for finding miss-matched guages, but most of the stuff is like gold to them and the walls are buldging out...surplus my ass...
Anytime I go to a surplus store like that (Sailorman and such) I'll take what I want to buy to the register and make them an offer, usually half of what the price tag says. Most of the time they will sell it it to me, otherwise, I leave it on the counter and let them put it back on the shelf