<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">In the wise words of John Ruskin:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">
<b><font size="4"><span style="line-height:107%">There
is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and
sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's
lawful prey.</span></font></b>
</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 11:45 AM Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>I found an obscure British car parts dealer in an industrial area
in San Jose (or maybe Los Altos). They had an OEM front bumper
for a BJ8--I presume it would fit any 6-cyl car--on the wall. The
owner of the shop told me he'd had it for years; no one wanted it
because it cost a hundred or so bucks more than the crappy repops.</p>
<p>Who's doing this? Surely, no one on this list who's complaining
about crappy fitting parts has sprung for the cheap version over
the quality one, right (I'm guilty; I bought a cheaper rear brake
cylinder over the pricier one a couple years ago)?<br>
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<p>Bob</p>
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<div class="gmail-m_-281238066023062935moz-cite-prefix">On 7/12/2019 6:38 PM, Don via Healeys
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When I bought front and rear bumpers for my 67 BJ-8 from Moss . I
had a show coming up and I needed them quick . Well they weren’t
even close to fitting. When I called Moss back , the salesman said
, when you ordered them , didn’t the salesman tell you they will
need to modified to fit ? Sent them back , ordered a new set from
AH Spares . Fit first time .
<div> Don , <br>
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On Jul 12, 2019, at 4:43 PM, Michael MacLean <<a href="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net" target="_blank">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>>
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<div dir="ltr"> 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</div>
<div dir="ltr"> So, I guess you
get what you pay for.</div>
<div dir="ltr">Mike MacLean<br>
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<div> On Friday, July 12, 2019, 8:29:19 AM PDT, Richard
Collins <<a href="mailto:gonnagitcha90@hotmail.com" target="_blank">gonnagitcha90@hotmail.com</a>>
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Yup, fully agree with the rant:
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<div>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.<br clear="none">
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<div dir="ltr">Regards,
<div>Richard C</div>
<div>BN7 440</div>
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On Jul 11, 2019, at 23:41, Bruce Steele
<<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:healeybruce@roadrunner.com" target="_blank">healeybruce@roadrunner.com</a>>
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<p class="gmail-m_-281238066023062935yiv0907245582MsoNormal"><span>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></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-281238066023062935yiv0907245582MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-281238066023062935yiv0907245582MsoNormal"><span>Bruce Steele</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-281238066023062935yiv0907245582MsoNormal"><span>Brea, CA</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-281238066023062935yiv0907245582MsoNormal"><span>1960 BN7</span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-281238066023062935yiv0907245582MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_-281238066023062935yiv0907245582MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt"> Healeys [<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Salter<br clear="none">
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 11, 2019 1:39
PM<br clear="none">
<b>To:</b> Michael MacLean <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net" target="_blank">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>><br clear="none">
<b>Cc:</b> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br clear="none">
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Mind if I
Rant?</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-m_-281238066023062935yiv0907245582MsoNormal">Mike you
are pretty well "on the money" there.</p>
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<p class="gmail-m_-281238066023062935yiv0907245582MsoNormal">I have
encountered endless problems with repop
parts. I fail to understand why
manufacturers have so much difficulty
getting things right. </p>
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<p class="gmail-m_-281238066023062935yiv0907245582MsoNormal">My
suspicion is that we are all partly to
blame for accepting the junk and trying
to make it work.</p>
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<p class="gmail-m_-281238066023062935yiv0907245582MsoNormal">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...</p>
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<p class="gmail-m_-281238066023062935yiv0907245582MsoNormal">I feel
your pain.</p>
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<p class="gmail-m_-281238066023062935yiv0907245582MsoNormal">M</p>
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<p class="gmail-m_-281238066023062935yiv0907245582MsoNormal">On Thu,
Jul 11, 2019, 4:19 PM Mike MacLean, <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net" target="_blank">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>>
wrote:</p>
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<p class="gmail-m_-281238066023062935yiv0907245582MsoNormal">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.</p>
<div>
<p class="gmail-m_-281238066023062935yiv0907245582MsoNormal">Mike
MacLean</p>
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