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UK supplier recommendation for us Yanks

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Subject: UK supplier recommendation for us Yanks
From: dan parslow <DJP@ALPHA.SUNQUEST.COM>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 9:22:57 -0700 (MST)
In my search for a reconditioned gearbox for my '66 Vitesse, I
turned to U.K. suppliers.  Thanks to a recommendation from Andy
Mace I phoned up John Kipping's Triumph Spares, a Coventry-based
company that specializes in Herald, Vitesse, Spitire and GT6.

To conserve network bandwidth and make a long story short, I
ordered a custom gearbox, the later GT6-type all-synchro used in
the later models but with the earlier output flange.  It arrived
in just over a week, a completely professional job, for the
astounding price of 220 pounds (about $330) including shipping! 

I've never seen even a stock recon GT6 gearbox domestically
for less than $600, _excluding_ freight.

I cannot recommend too strongly that if you have one of these
vehicles that you consider dealing with this company.  This is
perhaps the most satisfactory experience I have ever had with 
any supplier on either side of the Atlantic.

  John Kipping Triumph Spares
  421 Aldermans Green Road
  Coventry CV2 1NP
  (0203) 645333
  (0203) 645030 fax

- Dan Parslow


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