{"id":1930,"date":"2016-09-23T10:56:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T10:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/?p=1930"},"modified":"2016-09-23T10:56:09","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T10:56:09","slug":"a-surprise-sneak-preview-at-stromberg-today-and-its-not-a-new-carburetor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/a-surprise-sneak-preview-at-stromberg-today-and-its-not-a-new-carburetor\/","title":{"rendered":"A SURPRISE SNEAK PREVIEW AT STROMBERG TODAY: (AND IT&#8217;S NOT A NEW CARBURETOR!!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Stromberg-021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1931\" alt=\"Stromberg 021\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Stromberg-021-259x300.jpg\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Stromberg-021-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Stromberg-021-884x1024.jpg 884w, https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Stromberg-021-624x722.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Stromberg-021.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12688383_1018278284911935_8727272720162278240_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1932\" alt=\"12688383_1018278284911935_8727272720162278240_n\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12688383_1018278284911935_8727272720162278240_n-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12688383_1018278284911935_8727272720162278240_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12688383_1018278284911935_8727272720162278240_n-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/12688383_1018278284911935_8727272720162278240_n.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Stromberg-016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1933\" alt=\"Stromberg 016\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Stromberg-016-300x180.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Stromberg-016-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Stromberg-016-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Stromberg-016-624x374.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Stromberg-004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1935\" alt=\"Stromberg 004\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Stromberg-004-300x180.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Stromberg-004-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Stromberg-004-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Stromberg-004-624x374.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWhen the Stromberg Carburetor Company ordered a case of Gibbs Brand for their workshops, we decided to make a long-overdue visit to their facility in Suffolk.<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s not much we can add to what&#8217;s already been said about their now legendary carbs, other than to say it was comforting to see that they are all still hand-built on site; a rare thing these days!<br \/>\nWhat we also weren&#8217;t expecting was to get a look at the prototype of their latest product; an all-new, beautifully engineered front-mount Flat-Head Distributor. It&#8217;s similar in appearance to an original unit,(it even takes a standard cap) but has electronic internals for reliability. Its compact size will also be a great help in tight engine bays. Keep an eye on their website for more details:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stromberg-97.co.uk%2F&amp;h=VAQEun4ARAQEQXiQO06sYvkpU8py5WaIrgsxAUlhA5wiqFw&amp;enc=AZN8069t_YdnHdnUdPRkb7z6Ied54-xzz-RPcpaSllWPQ2uXshvZ5yk4wxxSOdIIammhvrikAHEq2GtBpMZI36d2-iLRnBze5HPsAD5JM_qPiAFL2FfXtwOHJSMKmGGB8LNVeJepp9hniLx2u-3b1BDdK-hEdGLfsBymr7H2y6A9sIP1C8Tg42xQRkZpElqTmmpfDs2QQKi4Bggdh906pOC3&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.stromberg-97.co.uk<\/a><br \/>\nThe final surprise of the day was to get a tour of a little known off-shoot of the company; their bespoke fabrication shop where they have some very cool projects underway&#8230;<br \/>\nThanks Clive and Rick for a great visit!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.gibbsbrand.info<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Stromberg Carburetor Company ordered a case of Gibbs Brand for their workshops, we decided to make a long-overdue visit to their facility in Suffolk. There&#8217;s not much we can add to what&#8217;s already been said about their now legendary carbs, other than to say it was comforting to see that they are all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,15,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-automotive","category-gibbs-uses","category-usage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1940,"href":"https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930\/revisions\/1940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gibbsbrand.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}