Performance Oriented up for sale, Long time Weber triple throat carb specialist Options

[slivel]

Paul Abbott who owns Performance Oriented has announced that he is interested in selling the business. He is in Salem, Oregon and has long been known as one of the best Weber restorers and blueprinters in the business. It will be a loss to the triple throat Weber community if we lose this resource. Sounds like he is going to retire. I had my 46's done by him about 10 years ago and they were perfect. Among the many services he provides; he replaces the bushed ends of the throttle shaft which wear and leak air (causing popping, mixture problems and tuning difficulty) making for a super smooth operation. I hope someone with similar talent will follow on.

Paul has a quite a resume - mechanical engineer, design engineer and VP of engineering for General Dynamics. Long time Porsche owner. His web site has loads of valuable technical information.

https://www.performanceoriented.com/

[Mark Henry]

You would be buying the business, stock and all his custom tooling, unless you're close it's likely not worth buying/shipping the mill and lathe. Paul would likely be offering some training, but really you need fine tolerance machining experience.
I rebuilt my carbs following his tech pages religiously, I've got a pretty good idea of the time he's got invested into each of his rebuilds, in labor time alone he earns his money.

914werke
is his business specific to /6 carb sets?

Yes, but I don't know if he does the solex carbs or zeineth, you know he's had his hands on a few sets.
If you can easily take on the /6 Weber IDA you're tooled up to do any of the Weber IDA and IDF carbs.