[Healeys] Another Rant on replacement parts

Gary Anderson editorgary at aol.com
Sun Jul 14 16:17:04 MDT 2019


Whatever works for you. Thank goodness David Nock can act as an intermediary.
Gary

Gary Anderson 


> On Jul 14, 2019, at 12:26 PM, Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net> wrote:
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> On the other hand I can't afford a Mercedes Benz restoration.  Don't get me wrong, it is just great that Mercedes has a "classic" parts counter, but you pay the same high prices for classic parts as  parts for a new Mercedes.  So, I'll just bumble along making the poor fitting repop parts fit and work properly.  After all, they are not THAT bad, but let's not speak of the rubber stuff.
> Mike MacLean
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> On Sunday, July 14, 2019, 12:09:00 PM PDT, i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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
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> 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."
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> 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. 
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> 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. 
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> Just one person's opinion, mind you, but I have first-hand experience in restoring, driving and buying/selling both brands.
> 
> Best
> Gary Anderson
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>     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
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>     So, I guess you get what you pay for.
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> Mike MacLean
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