Interesting, thanks Kelvin.
To all of you that offered to drive by, there is no need. (see Kelvins message
below)
It appears that Moss Int'l shipped me a real old catalog, one that really had
no value, except they could get my $10 for it. Oh
well.
Larry Hoy
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
>Behalf Of Dodd, Kelvin
>Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 1:55 PM
>To: 'Larry Hoy'
>Cc: 'mgs@autox.team.net'
>Subject: RE: Parts supplier?
>
>
>Larry:
>
> You are checking out a bit of LBC history. What follows is very
>much a nutshell explanation, and may contain errors and ommissions.
>Definitely not an official history, by a long shot. I was playing with
>Vintage Race Cars during this time period, and wasn't paying much attention
>to the international picture.
>
> MG Parts Center Ltd. was a US outlet of the Classic British
>Sportscar Spares Group based out of the UK in the late 80s.
>
> Other companies of the group were Cox & Buckles, Naylor Brothers MG
>Parts Ltd. Barry Stafford MG Parts Ltd. and the MG Sprite & Midget B,C,V8
>Center.
>
> The group had financial difficulties and was merged with Moss Motors
>US to become Moss UK. The US outlet was closed at that time. Ken Smith of
>MossMobile fame, was one of the assets we were able to keep in the US,
>another were boxes of the brand new MG Parts Ltd. MGB catalog. (which I
>just tossed out a couple of months ago)
>
> It sounds like you were shipped a copy of the old catalog, as the
>old Moss Intl. (the company that went bankrupt last year) was out of
>updated catalogs.
>
> Members of the original management team of the Classic British
>Sportscar Spares Group are working hard to get the new Moss Europe up to
>speed, which includes new catalog production runs.
>
> So there you have it, a bit of MG history. It's a pretty catalog,
>but was superceded by the Moss UK catalog in the early 90s.
>
>Hope this clarifies.
>
>
>Kelvin.
>
>
>> Well I've rec'd some off list comments as well as a couple of
>> replies on the list about the mystery company. I thought I'd add the
>> following info to the mix. Before I begin I want to make it
>> clear the reference to Moss is, Moss EUROPE. Not Moss here in North
>> America (California). Some of you may know the company in
>> Europe had financial problems and Moss USA came to the
>> rescue. Today, as
>> far as I know, Moss USA is a healthy company, and is now the
>> owner of Moss Europe.
>>
>> About one year ago I called Moss Europe and requested several
>> catalogs. They sent me the catalogs and invoiced me, but the invoice
>> indicated Moss Europe was bankrupt. Perfect timing, huh?
>>
>> Although one of the catalogs I had requested was the Moss
>> Europe MGB catalog they sent me a catalog from the MG Parts
>> Center LTD. in
>> Norwalk CT. It is a big catalog, much like you'd see from a
>> parts distributor (not retailer). About a week ago I received a sale
>> flyer from the "New" Moss Europe (see first paragraph). It
>> made me think about the previous situation. So I called all
>> the numbers
>> in the MG Parts Center LTD catalog, I checked with directory
>> assistance, and did an internet search ... no company.
>>
>> It's a great catalog, it even has a photo of a large building
>> on the front. Apparently the building was, or was to be, their
>> warehouse, but as near as I can tell they don't exist.
>>
>> None of the replies I have received offers an answer to this
>> mystery company.
>>
>> Larry Hoy
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
>> >Behalf Of Larry Hoy
>> >Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 3:14 AM
>> >To: MG list
>> >Subject: Parts supplier?
>> >
>> >
>> >Anyone ever heard of;
>> >
>> >MG Parts Center LTD in Norwalk CT
>> >
>> >or;
>> >
>> >Classic British Sportscar Spares Group, same location?
>> >
>> >Larry Hoy
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