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Introducing The New Goodson Electric Rod Heater

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

Guess what? We are very pleased to bring you new products. Yep you heard it right new products! I want to talk for just a minute about my favorite new product and that is our new Electric Con Rod Heater. The new con rod heater works on 220 volts single phase. The unit comes with a pig tail so it’s ready to be hard wired to your power source. It can heat two con rods at a time very quickly, and it has fully insulated heating chambers. Plus it does not take up hardly any valuable work bench space. I am trying to figure how to make it heat up my lunch and will post a photo if I can get it to work.

Goodson Electric Rod Heater (ERH-2220)

Everything is serviceable on this unit because it is built about 15 miles from my office. I really like the fighter jet type of toggle switches complete with red trigger covers that are not only there to be a safety factor I think they look really cool to boot. These units are on the shelf and ready to ship. Now Goodson can offer you a con rod heater that will run on natural gas, propane, and now 220 electric.

I have to give Jim Tapp our Tech service manager a lot of credit on this new con rod heater. Jim spent two years getting all the bugs worked out so Goodson could offer this much needed Electric Con Rod heater to you our valued customers.

We also released a new Hydraulic sleeve installer, and pistol grip vacuum tester as well as affordable Heavy Duty Electric crack detectors that have adjustable legs from Parker Research. Check out all of these new products out on the website or send me an email and I will send you the Midyear products brochure.

We are now starting production on next year’s catalog. If you have a new product idea, now is the time to get it to my attention! Your great idea can be the next great product from Goodson, call me directly or send me an email and tell me about that new idea of yours.

See ya on the web!

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Business is good

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Hey it’s me ………….up on a soap box today!!!

I just found out that It’s not just my die-hard enthusiasm about this business being better than it was last year!

We all have the facts now…………..yep that’s right we got the facts!!

No happy mouth Monyhan spin here at all.

The current issue of Engine Builder Magazine states and I quote:

Total engine rebuilt per month in 2009 = 14.8

Total Engine rebuilt per month in 2010 = 22.1

34% increase

Total cylinder heads rebuilt per month 2009 = 43.9

Total cylinder heads rebuilt per month 2010 = 54.8

20% increase

Total number of crankshafts ground per month in 2009 = 3.1

Total number of crankshafts ground per month in 2010 = 6.4

52% increase

This is very good news indeed. Thank you “Engine Builder” for these facts.

I have been listening to all of you with great interest this year and you are all saying “so far this year is better than last year”.

Hang on for this breaking news…….we might be winners after all. Pat yourselves on the back for job well done.

I still believe we need to maintain a high levels of service, maintain competitive prices, deliver high quality products, and never forget who the customer is.By doing all of these things we can continue to grow our businesses and enjoy this engine building buiness for many years to come.

Keep on re-building!!

See ya on the web!

dave

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Route 66 Photo Contest Winners are…

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

Congratulations to Mission Auto Parts of San Antonio, Texas - Grand Prize Winners in the Goodson Route 66 Photo Contest

A big thank you to everyone who entered the Route 66 Photo Contest to commemorate our 66th anniversary. The drawing has been held and the winners are:

Grand Prize:

Amelia Webb, Mission Auto Parts of San Antonio, TX

Other winners are:

Ed Ginsberg of Agua Dulce, CA
David Uhl of Marion OH,
Tom Huelsman of Chickasaw, OH
Rich Granowski of Owatonna, MN

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Joe Mondello – Farewell to the Legend

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

Joe-Mondello It is with a heavy heart and great sadness that I inform you, that Joe Mondello passed away early this morning after battling a recent illness. Joe Mondello was a long time engine builder and developer of horsepower and considered to be one of the most important contributors for most all aspects of high-performance engines especially cylinder heads.

Joe was my personal friend as well as business associate contributing his many ideas towards the many projects we worked on together. I think I was kind of a challenge to him as he was always trying to make me smarter on how and why engines do what they do. Joe took me under his wing and showed me that life was something to be enjoyed and cherished and that friends mean more than any amount of money. I am still surprised by how much time he would spend with me and I missing him a lot right now.

You are welcome to leave your comments about Joe and what his efforts provided to you.

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Show review!

Monday, March 28th, 2011

Wow, lots of trade show in the 4th quarter of last year. Goodson was at the Big-R Show in Las Vegas, the IMIS show in Indianapolis and of course the PRI show in Orlando. I want to first say thank you to for stopping at our booth and visiting with us at these shows. We exhibit at trade shows so we can see you….and to introduce you to new products that we have developed. We are at these shows to listen to you and learn about your business so we can better prepare our products and services to insure we are able to earn that business from you. There are companies that offer similar products that we offer, but the thing that keeps Goodson at the front of the pack is our ability to respond to your needs quickly. Programs such as same day shipping, free freight on back orders, full technical support and our Iron clad guarantee separate us from those other companies.

We get to earn your business the old fashion way. Great products serviced by great people for you our valued customers. Thank you for the opportunity to continue to earn your business today!

IMIS show was once again a great show in the fact we get to see a whole bunch of you engine builders that have not attended any of the recent PRI shows in Orlando. I like Indy as everything is close to the convention center. You park your car, attend the show and then you can walk around the whole downtown while still running into the same people you saw earlier at the show. I look forward to seeing you all again this year for another show on December 8-9-10

PRI Show has and always will be one of those “must-do” destinations for a trade show. Orlando attracts a huge international crowd, and this year was no different. Goodson has had the same booth location every year in Orlando right across the street from Sunnen. This year’s show was really well attended and we were very happy to see each of you once again in Florida.

New products we released at these shows consisted of expanding the sizes of our Hyper Finish Diamond Valve Guide Sizing System. We now offer from 4mm up to 14.40mm and yes it still only requires one drive tool. We also released a new Tapered Busing Press kit for Diesel connecting rods. Getting that pie or wedged shaped bushing into a diesel connecting rod has been a challenge to say the least. Now you can remove and install these bushing quickly and affordably with this new tool kit.

Dealer EXPO is a not a new show for us but we did take a few years off as we were at the V-Twin Expo for the last 6 years. At the V-Twin show we have worked with the AV&V high performance line of engine parts. These AV&V valve guides, valves, and spring kits are manufactured of the highest quality and are race proven to meet or exceed your requirements for these V-Twin applications. The Dealer Expo allowed Goodson to launch it new line of AV&V engine parts for Dirt Bikes and ATVs. We selected only ATV and dirt bikes as these engines are out there and they need re-building. I encourage each of you to look for these applications and take advantage of the opportunity when they need rebuilt. Let face it, you have the knowledge, you have the machinery, and you have the place ….all you need is the correct sized tooling and combine all of that and you get an new revenue stream and very happy customer in the process.

AERA will be sponsoring various mini shows through-out the country and Goodson will be at each and every one of these shows in 2011. I really like these smaller venues as I get to spend more one on one time with you as well as see a lot of you that I don’t get to see at other trade shows. The locations for AERA show are as follows:
Thursday, April 28th at School of Automotive Machinists, Houston, Texas
Friday, May 13th at Hendrick Motorsports/Sunnen/Mahle in Charlotte, NC
Saturday, October 15th at Rottler Manufacturing/ BG Machine in Seattle, WA
Thank you all for allowing Goodson to be a part of your business. We look forward to seeing at these or other shows as well as talking to you each and every day.

See ya on the web,

Dave