Flying Circus English Cars Durham, NC

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Author Message   Dan Ratcliffe (Dan_ratcliffe) New Member Username: Dan_ratcliffe Post Number: 2 Registered: 07-2003 Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 11:38 am:    What a month it has been. Two weeks ago I am in Houston. My wife calls and tells me that coolant is all over the drive way. She gets it to the local repair shop and they can do nothing. It is 8 am. She has it towed to Flying Circus in Durham. It is 9:00 am. Despite a complete schedule, they take her car in, replace much of the cooling system, and by 5:00 she is on her way home. They stay until 9:00 pm to make up the schedule. A week later I am driving my 1960 series II. This car has been my daily driver for the past 6 years, and I put between 75 and 100 miles on it daily. Traveling home it just quit. It is 5:30 and Flying Circus is closed. I try the phone call any way and for 25 minutes Toby Briggs, the owner, leads me through a series of trouble shooting steps to find the problem. In the end it seems to be the timing chain. When I suggest having it sent to their shop for repair he informs me that he thinks it is something I can fix myself. This has been a consistent theme since I started taking my car to him. If he thinks I can repair it he helps me with parts and instructions and away I go. Because of vacation I leave it with them. For seven years I have been taking my cars to them, I have never been let down.   Phillip Perkinson (Rover4x4) Senior Member Username: Rover4x4 Post Number: 364 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 09:06 pm:    right on. I have thought about taking my truck to them, this is always reassuring to hear postive feedback about service shops that arent the dealer..   David Marchand (Dmarchand) Member Username: Dmarchand Post Number: 189 Registered: 09-2002 Posted on Monday, July 28, 2003 - 07:24 am:    My truck was maintained by flying circus prior to my purchase of the truck. They did an excellent pre-buying inspection for me and were totally fair and honest.   Phillip Perkinson (Rover4x4) Senior Member Username: Rover4x4 Post Number: 367 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Monday, July 28, 2003 - 09:10 pm:    I didnt know your 90 was from NC   David Marchand (Dmarchand) Member Username: Dmarchand Post Number: 193 Registered: 09-2002 Posted on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 07:12 am:    It was briefly. It only resided there for 3 months with the second owner. Never understood why he bought it and then sold it. Prior to that, it had spent it's entire existance in AZ, specifically Phoenix.