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Car Forum / UK Car Forums / Classic Cars (UK group) / September 2006What does SU stand for?
I've had various suggestions, some believable, some less so. Side Updraft? Skinners Union? The definitive answer, anyone?  SignatureGraeme > I've had various suggestions, some believable, some less so. Side > Updraft? Skinners Union? The definitive answer, anyone? Skinner's Union sounds familiar. Ah, here y'go. http://www.burlen.co.uk/historySu.aspx We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember News <news@nospam.demon.co.uk> saying something like: >I've had various suggestions, some believable, some less so. Side >Updraft? Skinners Union? The definitive answer, anyone? Definitely Skinners Union. Where and how, I know not. SignatureDave SE6a > I've had various suggestions, some believable, some less so. Side > Updraft? Skinners Union? The definitive answer, anyone? Skinner's Union. They were leather curers and the originals had bellows made of leather. Signature*Stable Relationships Are For Horses. Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. > Skinner's Union. They were leather curers and the originals had bellows > made of leather. The family business was in selling shoes, they didn't make them. Their name just happened to be Skinner. Although the early models did use a leather bellows, which were in fact made up by Skinner's wife. > > Skinner's Union. They were leather curers and the originals had bellows > > made of leather. > The family business was in selling shoes, they didn't make them. Their > name just happened to be Skinner. I'll try and find the reference, but IIRC the original trade of Skinner's Union was leather curing. Of course by the time the carbs came along it could have diversified. > Although the early models did use a leather bellows, which were in fact > made up by Skinner's wife. Signature*How many roads must a man travel down before he admits he is lost? Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. >> Skinner's Union. They were leather curers and the originals had bellows >> made of leather. > > The family business was in selling shoes, they didn't make them. Their > name just happened to be Skinner. The Skinners in question eventually became the partner in the shoe shop chain Lilley and Skinner Del >The Skinners in question eventually became the partner in the shoe shop >chain Lilley and Skinner Thanks to everyone who commented. My education is complete :-) You may like this link, to a North American Volvo club : http://sw-em.com/su_carbs.htm (Scroll down to History). SignatureGeep |
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