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Third point—I'm dissapointed to hear production is up to 225
per year. In 3 years it will equal past 11 years. I'm happy for success
of the Stevens family but being selfish I feel the exclusivity win be
affected somewhat, and appreciation value will not be as great as past.
I hope I'm wrong, but only time will tell.
Fourth point—question? Can Series II cars be modified to
Series Ill—particularly the fenders? Very biggest dislike is cleaning my
car if it accidently has to be driven in the rain (twice so far). If so,
what would be cost?
I'm very proud of my car even though I bought it used. When I
got it, it only had 1,500 miles on it & was 2 years old. Now, 2 years
later, this, month, it still only has 4,400 miles registered. Yes, I
really baby it.
It's the Phaeton Model #726165. Originally owned by Elizabeth
Harkness, a prima donna ballerina & her husband of Harkness Museum in
N.Y. City.
After next issue, with interestingmore interesting points to
write about, I'll send picture.
Good luck—I'm already awaiting next issue of Roundtable.
Dr. Jack E. Arch
Cumberland, MD
Thank You Doctor Arch. We certainly appreciate hearing from
you and look forward to receiving pictures. Black & White will reproduce
great for our newsletter.
Dave Stevens President & engineer of Excalibur Corp. tells me
that Series III fenders cannot be fitted to Series II auto's.
Jim
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MANUFACTURER'S MEMO
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Dear
Excalibur Association Members:
Excalibur Automotive Corporation has just completed it 13th
year in business since being founded July 1, 1964. Through June 30, 1977
we have produce a total of 1,127 Excalibur automobiles. We are pleased
to have you among this small, select group that owns what we feel to be
one of the finest and most unique automobiles built in the world today.
At our annual shareholders and directors meeting held at the
end of June, a number of changes were made within the corporation and we
thought we would bring these to your attention. We would also like to
take this opportunity to acquaint you with some of the key people in our
corportation, and their duties.
David B. Stevens, President since the inception of the
company, is in charge of all designing and engineering, and is
responsible for the creativity built into the Excalibur today. Any
design changes or suggestions relative to improvements should be
directed to David's attention.
William C. (Steve) Stevens, Vice President, is in charge of
all general business operations and overseeing the everyday activities
of running the business.
Ray A. Besasie, who was elected Vice President of
Manufacturing at the annual meeting, is responsible for overseeing
production as well as customer service and warranty problems. |
Daniel R. Brush is Treasurer and, of course, takes care of the financial
dealings.
Chuck Ede has become Director of Purchasing, and is
responsible for procuring approximately 3,500 parts from
350 vendors for each Excalibur that is produced.
Joe Zarcone has been appointed Parts Manager, and is in
charge of receiving, processing and shipping close to 200 orders each
month for replacement parts for Excaliburs. When you are in need of any
replacement parts, please direct your call to Joe and he will be happy
to take care of you.
Our office staff consists of Nancy Duecker, David and Steve's
devoted and loyal secretary for eleven years, who sees that things keep
running smoothly. Our able receptionist is Wynne Lucas, who is the
pleasant voice at the other end of the telephone whenever you call.
We hope this acquaints you with some of the key people at
Excalibur Automobile Corporation, should the need ever arise to contact
us. For those of you who will be in attendance at our annual owner's
rally August 20 and 21, we are looking forward to meeting you.
Very Truly Yours,
EXCALIBUR AUTOMOBILE CORPORATION
David B. Stevens
William C. Stevens
President
Vice President
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EXCALIBUR CORNER
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Each quarter, we publish the "Excalibur Corner Exchange of Ideas". This
column is devoted to ideas—any ideas of merit—concerning the Excalibur,
care and maintenance, mechanical or operational ideas. We welcome YOUR
ideas, and will attempt to include as many of them as possible.
We send a handsome Excalibur paper weight to each person
whose idea is accepted for publication.
This month's tip concerns nearly all vehicles using disc
brakes, including our Excaliburs. You may have noticed, especially at
low speeds and generally with the side curtains out, a grinding and
somewhat squealing noise ate the wheels. One could even think this to be
a wheel bearing problem; however, I have found it to be caused by the
friction between the brake caliper pistons and the brake pads.
This noise can be eliminated by simply pulling off the wheel,
being certain to mark the location of the wheel on the spline (in the
event the tires have been turned true as we recommended in a prior
newsletter) and removing the top pin which supports the brake pads. Then
simply lift out the pad, put a film of high temperature grease (I
recommend Lubriplate #630-AA) on the area where the piston makes contact
with the pad—and re-install. I also recommend a very thin film of this
grease on the top pin and also on the front and rear edge of the
pad—metal portion only, of course.
At the same time it is a very good idea to put some grease
on the spline area of the wheel adapter as the wheels can come off
extremely hard if they haven't been removed in possibly a year. This in
itself shoud be considered a yearly service.
Jim
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