In message <950825121406_83172434@emout04.mail.aol.com> writes:
> Last Thursday (8 days ago), I placed orders with all 3 suppliers.
> The stuff from Moss got here Tuesday, Vic Brit said my order should arrive
> "early next week" and TRF said 80% of my order is backordered and the
> remainder was shipped yesterday (a week after I place the order).
> So.... I'm a Moss fan from now on.
Moss is the company I hate but love and The Roadster Factory is the one I love
but hate.
I hate Moss because the quality of so much of their stuff is inferior, and file
to fit seem good enough to them a lot of the time. For their lower price I
generally see cheap stuff when good quality OEM is still available. I almost
always have to refinish painted parts I get from them.
BUT They have lots of stuff in stock and they get things reproduced that no one
else has. They seem to be single source on a lot of TR3 parts. Their research
group is very helpful if you have a question and their catalogue is nice.
I Love the Roadster Factory because I know I'll get the best quality parts
available for my TR3. If OEM is available and they carry it thats what I'll
get. I can buy from them with confidence. I love the support they give to
large TR events and the room full of stuff they bring. I've bought a LOT out of
those rooms I didn't know they carried.
BUT I hate it that they do not have a lot of the TR3 parts that Moss carries,
that they are frequently out of stock on many of the parts they carry, that they
STILL do not have a TR3 catalogue (I've got this pile of mailings that i use).
Viky Brit? I don't know, I only tried to order from them a few times & each
time I got the wrong part or very badly finished part & have returned them. I
haven't sent them an order in the last 3 years or so. But they do seem to have
some neat aftermarket MGB stuff that no one else carries.
To add to the pot....
British Pacific 800-554-4133 is a land Rover parts house that carries an
excellent supply of wire in factory colours. If you want to make up your own
harnesses & sub harnesses, its THE place to go for that 3 feet of brown wire
with the purple stripe. They also carry the normal set of Lucas connectors, and
you will find that a lot of TR3 lighting was used on Land Rovers.
TeriAnn
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