Toro was more or less a Faerey, as I understand, so no improvement on the
Faerey. The Toro might even have been just a rebadged Faerey (correct me if
I'm wrong). From what I understand, there isn't a lot you can do with the
internals because of gear teeth compatability and the space you have to work
with. So the Santana unit wasn't a lot different than the Faerey. It was
primarily the case that differed. It was larger and allowed more room for
oil. Quite possibly, it's the added oil capacity and thus cooler running
and better lubrication of the internals that accounts entirely for the more
robust reputation of the Santana. All the above is what I gleaned from the
net so could be wrong.
Your information is a little dated, Alex. TI Console sold the last of the
Santana's at least a year ago. The only new O/Ds that are on the market,
now, are RDS's Faerey units. I believe it was the Santanas that actually
lead the price rise to over a $1,000, though this is from memory. The
Santana's weren't cheaper, its just that RDS is now charging more for the
new Faereys. From what I understand, the Santana unit has no spare parts
available so if it goes in the direction of RDS, you are SOL. At least with
the Faerey, you can get parts from George Laird so may be able to keep the
Faerie going forever or at least your lifttime.
Aloha
Peter Ogilvie
Kona Coffee Rover
1970 88 soft top, 'huli' Mine since '84 but recovering
from exposure of the dark side.
1966 109 pickup 'slime' In my garage since '90, finally up and running
12/00.
1965 88 parts car, slowly sinking into the lava.
196? 88 hard top, possibly 'phoenix' if it rises, it will
certainly be from ashes or at least a pile of rust
>From: "Alex Maiolo" <Rovernut@nc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: lro@works.team.net
>To: <lro@Works.Team.Net>
>Subject: Re: LRO: RE: grim news...
>Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 14:52:57 -0400
>
>The Santana Toro unit is cheaper, better built, holds more oil, and just
>all
>around better than the Fairey.
>I think they are $1200 at most places unless they've gone up since last
>summer.
>
>Alex Maiolo
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