DAVE CRUZ?

[coupe2800cs]

Hello, does anyone on the west coast know what happend to the shop, and the equipment after his death? I was thinking someone took over for Dave after his plane crash, not sure he was that personalble or at that level certainly he was not expecting to crash I am sure?

 

[BarryG]

Where was the Shop?

 

[coupe2800cs]

Where was the Shop?

Dave Cruz had a shop in Oakland for a long time, think he ended up in Vacaville Dixon area... Sorry for the late reply

 

[ablank135]

Dave Cruz had a shop in Oakland for a long time, think he ended up in Vacaville Dixon area... Sorry for the late reply

A 15-year gap might set the record for late replies on this forum!

 

[CSteve]

So who among us is, "expecting to crash?" Did he crash in the Vaccaville, Dixon area or move there expecting to crash?

 

[Arde]

A 15-year gap might set the record for late replies on this forum!

Yep, belongs in the Archeology subpage of our site.

 

[coupe2800cs]

15 year, wow time flies .... RIP Dave Cruz...

 

[zinz]

Dave Cruse rebuilt the engine and transmission in my ‘67, 2000CS!

There was a Hardy&Beck receipt in all the paperwork of this car. I scanned it and emailed H&B. Allen Hardy wrote me back explaining that it appeared they didn’t do the work, but Dave Cruse’s name and number was printed on it. Allen’s assumption was Dave had just left the H&B shop and likely grabbed some of their tickets to help write up work orders. Allen told me my engine was likely built with all the go-fast tricks an M10 could get.

It has run well for me

RIP Dave…

 

[Arde]

Interesting that he charged a grand total of 510 dollars for labor.
Poor David probably died of hunger...

 

[junkyardhero]

Interesting that he charged a grand total of 510 dollars for labor.
Poor David probably died of hunger...

wonder what the labor rate was in 1984?

what's funny is that the machine work seems to be somewhat in line with the lower end of current pricing.

 

[Arde]

Dollar value is less than 3x until now, so 1.500 labor. Good deal.

 

[zinz]

Something I have never been able to decipher from the receipt is the camshaft ID. It says "528-4"

Allen Hardy had no idea, but gave me a name of some old school cam grinder in the Bay area... they also had no clues for me. Allen said the H&B shop typically installed a 284 for a street engine.

This engine is certainly not lumpy at idle.