[Healeys] Another Rant on replacement parts

[i erbs]

Well said Gary.
If I buy cheap, I expect issues, but some times I have more time than money.
That said, Moss will ship parts it knows are not right or poor quality and
that is a bigger issue.
I bought an aluminum valve cover through a local vender who pays for
shipping. When it arrived it had gouges from the polishing process. He sent
it back. When he asked to check the inventory before sending a replacement,
he was told that all of them looked the same and did he want them to ship
another one for me?
That is a bigger concern.

Ira Erbs
Portland, OR
typos and artifacts are the fault of my phone

On Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 11:38 AM editorgary--- via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Frankly, I don't and never have accepted the lame excuse from Moss Motors
> (in whatever ownership/management incarnation) that they have to provide
> ill-fitting, unsuitable poor-wearing and out-of-spec parts because a
> contingent of our hobby "won't pay the higher price for quality parts."
>
> In my view, the near-monopoly supplier of parts for our hobby should be
> providing replacements that in fit, material and quality match the original
> parts and that is the only level of quality that they will sell. When they
> sell poor parts just because the supplier makes them for less and charges
> less, then they undermine the respectability of the original marque around
> which the hobby was built and leave people believing that Healeys -- and by
> extension all "old English cars" were of poor quality and reliability when
> they were originally built.
>
> Provide good quality that produces good performance and it will be
> reflected in the prices of the cars on the market. There is a reason why
> Mercedes-Benz models that once cost the same as our cars of the same
> vintage are now worth more on the market than our cars. It's because the
> primary supplier of replacement parts for Mercedes-Benzes is Daimler AG and
> they will only sell parts that are of equivalent quality to the originals.
> For those hobbyists who find those prices unacceptable, they can substitute
> sweat equity in hunting for parts off unrestorable examples.
>
> Just one person's opinion, mind you, but I have first-hand experience in
> restoring, driving and buying/selling both brands.
>
> Best
> Gary Anderson
>
>
>
>
>
>     As far as repops go, I asked a Moss rep one time why a lot of the
> reproduction parts and the rubber was so bad and did not fit well.  He told
> me that he could sell better parts for our cars but very few people will
> buy them.  If he lists both a premium part and a cheaper version, almost
> 95% will buy the cheap part. It would be foolish to inventory such slow
> moving parts, so they sell what the majority will buy.  Everyone wants the
> parts to be cheap.  S
>
>     So, I guess you get what you pay for.
>
> Mike MacLean
>
>
>
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