[modeleng] Re: Fyne Fort Fittings

Thanks for the info Harry. What year was the closure due to illness?

Cheers Jeff


>From: Harry Wade <hww@xxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [modeleng] Re: Fyne Fort Fittings
>Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:34:56 -0400 (EDT)
>
>Jeff,
>Alan pretty much put it in a nutshell in his post.  The business closed due 
>to an illness and never reopened.  So far as I know it was never offered as 
>a going concern, just the liquidation of the works, which were 
>considerable.  Fyne Fort was the off-season business of a family-owned 
>boatyard on the I.O.W.
>
>I bought fittings from them for a mail order business for about 10 years 
>beginning about 1990 and I gather I was his largest US customer.  I ordered 
>at least twice a year and orders generally came quickly and as ordered . . 
>. for a few years.  Then things began to slow down and even the most common 
>"stock" items began to be back-ordered or "will be run next week."  In the 
>last year I dealt with them no stock was ever shipped.  I never lost any 
>money, except from lost sales due to lack of stock.
>
>It was an unfortunate turn of events because most of the range of fittings 
>were a decent value for the price, although a few fitting designs simply 
>didn't work, small scale safety valves being one.  In the last couple of 
>years of operation John Lockwood had great plans for expansion of the line 
>and on-line & CD catalogueing but none of that came to pass.
>
>Regards,
>Harry Wade
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
> >From: Jeff D <jeffdayman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Today I read in the M.E. back pages a notice from a solicitor to any 
>persons
> >having financial dealings or claims with Mr. Lockwood, Mrs. Lockwood, or
> >Fyne Fort Fittings.
>
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