Jwortner,

I agree with Lord Lucan about those swap meet retracts you have. The Supras are your best bet in a mechanical retract. You have to remember that although mechanical retracts look inexpensive compared to air systems you must include the cost of a retract servo (Decent ones cost about $35 and go up) and if you're real anal you should use a seperate battery and switch to provide power to the retract servo.

The Spring Air #116 setup I'm using cost about $110 when I bought them a couple of years ago. This is for a full system which includes the fill valve, spool valve, air tank. lines and a couple of T-fittings. Most other retract systems cost more because you must buy all this stuff in addition to the retracts.

Rich