A while ago someone printed a comprehensive list of most of the
popular british car parts places with comments describing their
stuff, attitudes etc. I think it was either Roger Garnett
or Mark J. Bradakis. We need to print this list off and on for the
benefit of our new subscribers just to make sure they don't
get taken by the nasty ones. Whoever has this list, could you
please mail it out again. I am printing my own personal list
compiled from various postings for Cory Carpenter who asked
about British Parts.
Zahid
>From: Cory Carpenter <apple!sequent.com!coryc>
>Subject: Re: British Parts
>
>>Doug, British Parts is fine, I buy most everything for my
>>Spitfire from them. By the way the clutch seems to have gone
>>down in price, I paid $85 for mine.
>>
>> Zahid
>
>So, would anyone care to post the address, phone number, etc.? I'm always
>on the lookout... .
>
>-coryc
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British Parts
Dayton, Oregon
sorry, I can't find the address
503-864-2001
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British Auto Salvage
703 Penfield Road
Macadon, NY 14502
716-377-1160
Recycled parts for all British autos.
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British Motorsports, Inc.
1143 Dell Ave.
Campell, CA
408-370-7174
New and used parts, Triumph, Jaguar, MG, Lotus, Austin-Healy, etc.
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British Parts Northwest
4105 S.E. Lafayette Highway
Dayton, OR 97114
503-864-2001
Triumph, some Jaguar.
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British Restoration Parts (BRP)
1808 Oak
Kansas City, MO 64108
Orders: 800-821-3767 Outside MO
800-892-3250 Missouri only
Info: 816-471-2776
I personally have not dealt with these folks for a number of years.
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D & G Valve Mfg. Co.
8 Mt. Vernon St.
Stoneham, MA 02180
The only reason this company is here is for the Grose-Jet stainless steel fuel
valves. For Stromberg 150 and 175 CD series carbs, order EZ-401. They were
about $5.00 ea when I bought them about two or three years ago.
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English Car Spares
345 Branch Road SW
Alphaetta, GA 30201
800-241-1916 Outside GA
404-475-2662 Georgia
I have bought some used parts from these folks years ago. Good prices and
service then.
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FASPEC
1036 SE Stark St.
Portland, OR 97214
orders: 800-547-8788 Except OR
503-232-1232 Oregon
MG, Austin Healy TR2-6.
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Fat Chance Garage and Brewery
739 Park Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
801-364-3251 Motto: "Cars drive in... but they don't drive out"
Specializing in buying "yet another wreck" as the wife says and consuming mass
quantities of fermented barley beverages before, during and after (if ever)
restoration, such as it is, gets accomplished. A modest suply of used parts,
Triumph only, and plenty of free advice. Good advice extra.
(Sorry, I couldn't resist!)
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Moss Motors
PO Box MG
7200 Hollister Avenus
Goleta, CA 93116
Orders: 800-235-6954 Outside CA (except Alaska)
800-322-6985 CA only
Info: 805-968-1041
Very MG oriented, but with good stocks of Triumph, Jaguar and Austin-Healy
parts for oder models. Catalogs are 3.00 each, with a 5.00 Gift certificate
included with each batch of catalogs. (Request them 1 at a time!)
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Swift Autoparts
5658 Swift Road
Sarasota, FL 33581
813-365-2147
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The Roadster Factory
PO Box 332
Armagh PA 15920
814-446-4444 (Note: 2% discount on phone orders. If you buy, they pay for
the call)
Probably the most comprehensive stock of Triumph parts in the country,
reasonably good prices and excellent service. They are planning on MG and
Jaguar support in the near future.
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Triumphs Only
1281 Lick Ave.
San Jose, CA 95110
408-947-7766
TR3-6, some Spit, etc. Mostly a wrecking yard. I spent more time than
money here the summer I worked at IBM, since I had little money. Nice place.
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Triumph Specialty
991 Berryessa Road
San Jose, CA 95133
408-286-3958
Not recommended, assuming a disgruntled customer hasn't torched the place yet.
Was on the BBB's "Watch Out" list when I was in town, but might be worth it
if no one else has something. New, used and some performance parts.
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Triumph Tune
22-28 Manor Road
Richmond, Surrey
England TW9 1YB
A nice catalog of performance oriented parts for Triumphs. I plan on
ordering a few things soon to test out overseas shipping, which rumor has
isn't that bad.
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[This entry contributed by Bob Bownes]
TR Sales,
Fort Worth Tx.
(817)-589-7974
This is wherre I bought my 1st TR. They sell & service all kinds
of British cars. You can also mail order parts from them. Their prices
are very reasonable. (ie 164 dollars for a TR-6 carpet set.) I'm pretty
pleased with them.
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Victoria British
PO Box 14991
Lenexa, KS 66215
Orders: 800-255-0088
Date: 20 Jul 88 08:57:30 EDT (Wed)
From: uiucdcs!holin.att.com!linus!gvt (Gerardo Brinkman)
To: linus!alliant!british-cars
>Subject: How about that address in England for parts...
>to send directly to somewhere in England for shocks. The shocks on my 61 bugeye
>are almost non-existent, and I would like to replace them for something less
>than the 180-some bucks it would cost me around here. Whoever posted the mail,
>I would really appreciate some specific info, such as company name and
>address. Thanks in advance!
>Mark Longo ..!druco!mrl
Mark:
I am the person that posted the articles about having parts sent over from
England. I have one of the catalogues that I use in front of me and just as
an exercise I thought I would compare the prices of some parts.
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SPRIDGEBITS Br Victoria
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MG Midget Recon fr shock absorber ~$17 $59
MG Midget NEW fr shock absorber ~$65 $92.50
MG Midget NEW lower A arm ~$80 $118.80
MG Midget Recon brake caliper ~$51 $114.85
MG Midget Rear wheel cylinder ~19 $28.50
MG Midget Vinyl convertible top ~$75 $144.95
The prices quoted for Spridgebits include 15% VAT which one does not have to
pay when ordering from abroad (similar to out of state purchases) but I have
included it because the postage from England (surface mail) usually is about
15%. I have found that it takes about 4-6 weeks for parts to arrive but
if they are fairly light in weight I have them air mailed which takes ~2 weeks.
Of course if I am desperate for a parts then the local shop is useful but
very expensive.
There are better deals on big items like cylinder heads and engine blocks
although they are a bit of a pain to get through US customs. As an example,
over the Christmas period I decided that I had to have my 3.0l Essex engine
rebuilt and the lowest quote I got was for $3000. So armed with a parts
book I ordered all the necessary parts from England and the total for
parts was $800. So although I have to do the work myself I have managed
to save myself $2200. The parts arrived 8 weeks after I initially
ordered them.
The crankshaft arrived, believe it or not by regular post !!! Our poor
postman was REALLY glad to when he delivered it !!!!.
I can go on, giving example after example, but I think you get the general
picture.
For those interested the place I deal with for MG parts is
Spridgebits Ltd,
121/123 Church Hill Rd,
Handsworth,
Birmingham B20 3PY
England.
Tel 021-554-2033.
Best of luck
Gerry.
Date: 5 Aug 88 09:16:31 EDT (Fri)
From: uiucdcs!holin.att.com!gvt (Gerardo Brinkman)
To: suneast!alliant!british-cars
As promised below are the addresses of some of the auto supply shop I deal
with for spare parts for the 3.0L V6 Ford Essex engine I have in my Scimitar.
When you compare the prices from they places against the prices that I have
been quoted from places in tha States - it's like night and day !!!!!!!!
Very good shop for any perfomance part and rally equipement,
Cylinder heads, cams, carbs, seats etc.
I have used these often to supply me with parts for Ford Essex V6 and
Midget 1500. THey carry a very good selecetion.
Rallye Equipe,
Bolton Street,
Bury,
Lancashire BL9 0LL.
Tuning equipement for most Eurpoean cars, (manifolds, camshafts etc)
Piper FM Ltd,
Dept CCC,
Bromley Green Road,
Ashford,
Kent.
Supplier of many parts for Ford and british Leyland engines. I oredered a set
of 4 shock absorbers (SPAX adjustables) for my Scimtar from here, they
transformed the handling no end.
Quip Perfomance Centre,
173-175 Bradford Road,
Cleckheaton,
West Yorkshire BD19 3TJ
If any of you order from these shops, post it to let evry one know of you
views.
Good luck
Gerry
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