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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>I gladly pay twice the price<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>‘Cause it ain’t no deal after<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>I’ve had to replace it thrice!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Bruce Steele<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Brea, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>1960 BN7<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> David Nock [mailto:healeydoc@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 12, 2019 7:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> Bruce Steele <healeybruce@roadrunner.com><br><b>Cc:</b> Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net>; Richard Collins <gonnagitcha90@hotmail.com>; healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Mind if I Rant?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This an issue I deal with everyday. The bumper iron you got probably came from England and yes they are a poor quality. I have them from Kilmartin and the fit. They also cost probably 30 percent more. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>You want a real issue the rubber parts that rot away in less than a year without the car ever being out in the sun. I have a better quality one and they are twice the price. Then some people complain at the cost. <o:p></o:p></p><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Jul 12, 2019, at 2:11 PM, Bruce Steele <<a href="mailto:healeybruce@roadrunner.com">healeybruce@roadrunner.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>I’ve been told the same thing. I’ll give a shout out to Dave Nock here. My practice is to go through Dave because he’s always steered me to the best, or at least the better, quality parts available. And I’ve plumbed his inventory of used and NOS many times.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Bruce Steele</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Brea, CA</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>1960 BN7</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Michael MacLean [<a href="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net">mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 12, 2019 1:44 PM<br><b>To:</b> Bruce Steele <<a href="mailto:healeybruce@roadrunner.com">healeybruce@roadrunner.com</a>>; Richard Collins <<a href="mailto:gonnagitcha90@hotmail.com">gonnagitcha90@hotmail.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Michael Salter <<a href="mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com">michaelsalter@gmail.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Mind if I Rant?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 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<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> So, I guess you get what you pay for.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mike MacLean<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id="yahoo_quoted_3324050805"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>On Friday, July 12, 2019, 8:29:19 AM PDT, Richard Collins <<a href="mailto:gonnagitcha90@hotmail.com">gonnagitcha90@hotmail.com</a>> wrote: </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div id=yiv0907245582><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Yup, fully agree with the rant: </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>The rear bumper brackets were not even close to fitting the attachment holes on my rear bumper, both purchased at the same time from the vendor. As a result, one each of the bracket bolts hold the bumper to the car with the other hole in the bumper empty. Looks weird but doesn’t impact drivability. The bumper is so thin that any rear ender will destroy it anyway.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Regards, </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Richard C</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>BN7 440</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div id=yiv0907245582yqtfd62795><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><br>On Jul 11, 2019, at 23:41, Bruce Steele <<a href="mailto:healeybruce@roadrunner.com" target="_blank">healeybruce@roadrunner.com</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><div id=yiv0907245582yqtfd37164><div><div><p class=yiv0907245582msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Amen to that. The inner forks of front bumper mounting brackets I bought a number of years ago were a bit over an inch shorter than the outer forks, which required sectioning and welding in extensions to bring them level. In retrospect, I probably should have taken an inch out of the outer forks, as the bumper sits too far proud of the shroud. I’d totally forgotten about this until I took my aux lamps off and reinstalled the bumper for a show this weekend. After the show, the bumper is coming off and the lamps are going back on.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=yiv0907245582msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=yiv0907245582msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Bruce Steele</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=yiv0907245582msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Brea, CA</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=yiv0907245582msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>1960 BN7</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=yiv0907245582msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=yiv0907245582msonormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> Healeys [<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Salter<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 11, 2019 1:39 PM<br><b>To:</b> Michael MacLean <<a href="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net" target="_blank">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Mind if I Rant?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=yiv0907245582msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=yiv0907245582msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Mike you are pretty well "on the money" there.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=yiv0907245582msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>I have encountered endless problems with repop parts. I fail to understand why manufacturers have so much difficulty getting things right. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=yiv0907245582msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>My suspicion is that we are all partly to blame for accepting the junk and trying to make it work.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=yiv0907245582msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>I will go to untold lengths to purchase a good used part any time as so doing invariably saves me hours and hours of frustration...</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=yiv0907245582msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=yiv0907245582msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>I feel your pain.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=yiv0907245582msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=yiv0907245582msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>M</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=yiv0907245582msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=yiv0907245582msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>On Thu, Jul 11, 2019, 4:19 PM Mike MacLean, <<a href="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net" target="_blank">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=yiv0907245582msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>I am beginning to understand what a restorer friend of mine once told me. He said he could restore three BJ8 cars in the time it took to do a 100. Virtually no parts I have bought from the usual suspects for my BN2 are easy to install. Nothing fits like it was made for the car. This morning I made an attempt to bolt up the two bump stop boxes over the rear axle. None of the holes in the part lined up with the holes in the body above the rear axle. I will have to auger out at least three of the holes in the bump stop box to get all four bolts in. This car is fighting me every step of the way. I guess it's like my restorer friend who has since passed told me when he sold me that rolling frame with a few body panels on it, "Go ahead buy the car, it will give you a reason to live". I am beginning to understand what he meant. Half the time I am pulling my hair out and inventing new curse words, but I go out to that garage everyday and try to accomplish something on the car, even if I end up beating my head against the wall, I keep coming back. Rant over.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=yiv0907245582msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Mike MacLean</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=yiv0907245582msonormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>______________________________________________</span><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>Support <a href="http://Team.Net">Team.Net</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/healeydoc@gmail.com">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/healeydoc@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>