Rimco closing down

[Neil Davies]

Just been on thesamba and it seems like Rimco is to close at some point soon. Never had any dealings with them personally but did have a set of their rods in a motor. They did seem to be the people to go to for machine work, especially in the SoCal area, and one of the longest lasting companies too.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=299765

[Rennsurfer]

Bummer. I was afraid of this... the other day, I happened to be in that area of town and drove by Riddle Machine Co.  on Dyer Road in Santa Ana. There was a For Lease sign up in front their building. I asked my local VW parts shop if they knew about it. They didn't.

Sad to see an old VW company like leave the scene. Back when I was managing Long Beach Auto Haus, I was also building engines on the side... always took my components to RIMCO for all of my machining, balancing, and blueprinting needs. Does anyone know if they're merely relocating, or are they done?


 

[nicolas]

that would be very very sad news.

[javabug]

I first read this over on the other cal-look board.  Wasn't a whole lot of info at the time, looks like it is getting more definitive what is happening.  I was about to send a case out to them, also.

At least I can say I picked up my rods right from their counter on a trip to CA one time.

[Zach Gomulka]

I heard about this over the Classic weekend Never had any personal experience with them, but if anyone is looking for alternatives try out Brothers VW Machine in Ontario. Slinger and I dropped off an AS21 case Friday afternoon before the Classic to have the "works" done (align bored, bored cylinders, stroke relieved, 10mm headstuds, full flow, lifter bushings, spot face case for 15mm nuts... the works!), and they had it done just over 24 hours later!!! Unreal!! Since we weren't in that part of SoCal on Saturday, the Brothers agreed to meet us on SUNDAY at their shop when they are normally closed!! Understandably, we thought that was pretty cool, so they will be getting all of our case work from now on.

[Harry/FDK]

that would be very very sad news.

Absolutely.

[Rennsurfer]

Thankfully, there are a few good machine shops left in So Cal. Hitchcock in Signal Hill/Long Beach area has been around for many years, too. Hopefully, these shops can hang on and stay in business. So sad to see a lot of the old shops closing down over the last few years.

[Jim Ratto]

I hope it isn't the case. (no pun inteded).

I did a lot of business with Rimco over 11 years I was at BH, gosh we must have sent 2 or 3 cases a week down there for "the works".... never a hiccup in quality or service. Rimco, along with a (very) few vendors I dealt with were always on top of their game.

how long have they been around, must be around 40 years or so, huh?

[67worshipper]

seems strange such a highly respected company shutting down.

[Fastbrit]

seems strange such a highly respected company shutting down.

Not at all. Pappy Riddle is as old as the hills and times are a-changing. It is sad but has been ont he cards for quite some time – we just never thought it would actually happen.

[67worshipper]

seems strange such a highly respected company shutting down.

Not at all. Pappy Riddle is as old as the hills and times are a-changing. It is sad but has been ont he cards for quite some time – we just never thought it would actually happen.

christ i didnt realize he was as old as you KS

[Jesse/DVK]

Damn, not very good news. Never had any of their products but they should be great products from what I hear. Maybe they should have a nice internet shop because a lot of people are ordering over the internet nowadays.

[ESH]

Had my case done by them and had some more work with them not so long ago. It seems a bit of a shame to me. 

[Diederick/DVK]

can't really judge on it being a loss for the industry or anything. no doubt that they've around for a while.

but the fact that one of my rimco super rods, that have received all 'the works' balancing etc, is 4 grammes off makes me wonder...