You may remember that a while back I started a web site called the
"British Car Cottage Industries" or BCCI for short. I have
diligently pursued its growth and now it seems to be getting, on
average, 25 hits a day - not a lot but enough to be useful. What I
have difficulty in is understanding the lack of response for
participants/listers. I had the impression that there were dozens of
people like myself who made something for our Brit cars but have such
a low sales volume that advertising expenditure was not economically
viable. But I have to virtually plead to get people on the
site. Because of this low response I started the "Specialists
List". This is for those commercially viable (and thus excluded from
the cottagers list) concerns that are specialists or make/provide
something in-house. I have found amazing people who have a thriving
business in the run-of-the-mill products but make items they never
even mention. So you can find this company that supplies all sorts
of stuff but in the back they make distributor caps for lots of Brit
vehicles and also have NOS ones.
The idea of the Specialists List is to show those organisations who
do do special work. How many times have you heard the plea "Do you
know anybody who supplies/restores/ repairs X Y Z ". Such
information is gold to us enthusiasts. For instance I needed my
alternator and starter rebuilt for my 1955 Aston Martin, the local
chap hummed and hawed and mumbled $750 each. By messaging the List I
got a reply from a lister to use someone in California - I did - and
got both done back into original cores (so numbers match) for $240
for BOTH !!!
I am not exactly sure why I am blasting this off but I think I just
want to vent my spleen (no, it's not steam!). If you know of anyone
who fits the BCCI criteria please give them a buzz - NOT to me as I
have enough to chase up. If you have not looked at the BCCI web site
then please do so www.britcot.com.
Regards
Barrie
Barrie Robinson
(705) 721-9060
http://www.britishv8.org/MG/BarrieRobinson.htm
http://www.britcot.com
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