At 12:22 PM 7/30/97 -0400, Jason F. Dutt wrote:
>Okay, here's a tough question to answer. In fact, there may not be an
>answer, but...
>
>I'm going to be spending a load of dough somewhere on a full restoration of
>my 72 MGB Roadster. What I'd like to know is, as far as price, service,
>availability of parts from body panels to little chrome bezels for my dash
>instruments, and quality of the parts, who is the best overall? The reason
>I open this can is I'd like to avoid (as much as possible) ordering parts
>from all over the place, in order to avoid excessive shipping charges, and
>confusion.
My experience:
Moss - quick service; have most things in stock; expensive at times; some
parts are cheap knockoffs from Taiwan; Overall: very good
Brit-Tek - knowlegdeable people; prices competitive considering specialized
parts selection; slow shipping(only on one package, took them over two
weeks for them to get a package to me)
Proper MG - very low prices; some items are cheap in quality; you can get
good deals on some items, which are not subject to variations in quality
Summary: you get what you pay for; you may want to check out Dick Berger
at British Parts Connection since he carries Moss parts and they are the
best quality in my opinion; Quality matters cause the extra bucks you pay
for it will usually save you lots on time, hassle, and happiness
Imagine getting cheap part from Vendor A and having to spend a weekend
getting it to fit properly
My basis for all this ranting: Moss - They have well over $2000 of my hard
earned dough: Proper MG has about $750 of my money
and Brit-Tek has about $500 of my money; hopefully that engine kit will add
that pep to my engine
Jay
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