The SU Carburetter Company

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The worlds sole manufacturer of genuine SU Carburetters, Fuel Pumps and spares. The First Carburetters Over the next few years, Thomas Carlyle Skinner (known as Carl), who was Herbert's younger brother and who had a practical ability, had begun to try some of his brothers concepts on a Star motorcar that he then owned. The idea was to place the fuel jet in an air channel that could be varied in size, in accordance with the demand of the engine, thereby giving a constant depression and air velocity. Read more Herbert was granted a full patent (no. 3257) for this device in January 1906. At this stage a tapered metering needle, to vary the flow of petrol, had not been thought of. The two brothers continued to work together and their first carburetters were made at the premises of George Wailes & Co. at Euston Road, London, where Carl became a partner with George Waile's son. In 1908 Herbert was granted another patent (no. 26,178) for a carburetter having a 'collapsable chamber' and a 'fuel needle valve', which was located in an adjustable block (i.e. a jet). Herbert's inventive genius had therefore devised the basic principles of the later 'constant vacuum' S.U carburetter. In August 1910, 'The S.U. Company Ltd' (S.U being a contraction of 'Skinners Union') was formed and some time later moved onto premises at 154 Prince of Wales Road, Kentish Town, London. By 1913 the company's accounts showed that they were supplying 'Sloper' carburetters (so called because the suction chamber and needle assembly was positioned at an angle from vertical, in order to reduce the fluctuations of the chamber when driving over the rough, unmetaled, roads of the period) to Wolseley Motors and the Rover Co. The First Carbs If Herbert was the inventive genius, his brother Carl was the practical "engineer". Carl was born at Ealing in June 1882 and educated at the Leys School in Cambridge. Again it is not known where or even if he received any technical training. Carl also joined the family business but by 1906 he had teamed up with R.P. Wailes to manufacture and fit carburetters. There was also a third brother by the name of John, of whose involvement little is known other than that he appears to have been a director of the Company by about 1913. It is not clear when the first experimental carbs were produced, but they were almost certainly made at George Wailes & Co.'s works at 258 Euston Road. When George Wailes sold the works and premises in 1906, Carl became a partner with George's son Update description

Address:

Spitfire House, Castle Road
Salisbury

Telephone:

01722 412500

Web site:

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Opening hours:

Monday: 08:45-17:15

Tuesday: 08:45-17:15

Wednesday: 08:45-17:15

Thursday: 08:45-17:15

Friday: 08:45-16:30

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2015-01-10

Just received my H1 carb back after being restored, amazing job. Thanks to all at the restoration centre.

2015-02-17

Yes. Je trouve ces carbu SU excellent.

2013-10-31

fajna strona

Updates from The SU Carburetter Company

2016-07-28
Customer arrived in his Lagonda this morning for some carburettor spares.

2016-07-25
Something a little different this weekend.... we're off to the Hotrod Hayride! Drop in to see us by the pavillion where some rather interesting carburation related paraphernalia awaits you! sneak peek coming up next... ;)

2016-07-13
We've become quite well known for producing some interesting trophies over the years..... This one is no slouch either! See it at the Brands Hatch Mini Festival this weekend.

2016-07-07
We had a small troop of Austin 7's arrive for a few spares today, after having just got back from a road trip in Ireland.

2016-06-08
The sound of 100+bhp at the wheels. SU Carburetters and Swiftune race engines; a winning combination under the bonnet of the SU Works Mini Cooper S.

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