[Healeys] Missing under Load

[Jean Caron]

Agree with you Bob, I perhaps should have been more specific, some of the parts that Moss supply, in particular anything made of rubber is of low grade quality and in my case I install it on someone else's car and then it fails right away, I replace it on my dime, so now I chose to be quite selective of the products I purchase from them.

Jean 

Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 15:21:29 +0000
From: bspidell at comcast.net
To: vintage_roadster_restoration at hotmail.com
CC: rohanmarr at mac.com; healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Missing under Load

In defense of Moss--sort of--like any business they try to offer what their customers want.  Face it, most people buy on price (even classic car fanatics).  I have had extensive conversations with Moss people--Michael Grant in particular--and they would love to provide perfect quality at WalMart prices, but they are at the mercy of their suppliers and customers (although it appears they are starting to manufacture some parts, like upholstery and brake parts).  They are also offering different grades of quality; Kilmartin vs. No-Name sheet-metal, for instance.  The abject failure of WalMart to make a profit proves people want quality at any cost (NOT).

I'll recite again the conversation I had with a local, small, LBC parts supplier.  He had a NOS Big Healey front bumper--he wanted $300 for it--and no one would buy it, preferring the crappy, flimsy off-brand versions at about $100.  Then, the people who bought the cheap bumpers bitched about the quality.

Bob









Quality cost money, it is as simple as that. You want to buy at a price point, then you select Moss, they are on par with Wal-Mart as far as I am concerned. Here is a place in the UK that sells quality cap rotors and contact breakers:
Distributor Doctor, www.distributordoctor.com or email :martin at distributordoctor.com. 
I am quite certain that Jeff at Advance Distributors can also point you in the right direction, British Car Specialists is another place that would handle quality stuff as well as Autofarm in Canada. 

Jean



Jumping in … I have this exact problem on my Longbridge 100~six. Does anyone have a source for a decent distributor cap? Can you even get Lucas? I bought a few from Moss and they were rubbish (for various reasons - some the plastic was too thin & cracked, others the screws were crossed threaded etc.)
I would love to know of a better source? (I am using bumble bee HTL)
Thanks,Rohan (Aussie)

 		 	   		  
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