I live in New Haven, ct and will be happy to check them out...any
address?
thanks
Kevin Richards
Dodd, Kelvin wrote:
>
> Larry:
>
> You are checking out a bit of LBC history. What follows is very
> much a nutshell explanation, and may contain errors and ommissions.
> Definitely not an official history, by a long shot. I was playing with
> Vintage Race Cars during this time period, and wasn't paying much attention
> to the international picture.
>
> MG Parts Center Ltd. was a US outlet of the Classic British
> Sportscar Spares Group based out of the UK in the late 80s.
>
> Other companies of the group were Cox & Buckles, Naylor Brothers MG
> Parts Ltd. Barry Stafford MG Parts Ltd. and the MG Sprite & Midget B,C,V8
> Center.
>
> The group had financial difficulties and was merged with Moss Motors
> US to become Moss UK. The US outlet was closed at that time. Ken Smith of
> MossMobile fame, was one of the assets we were able to keep in the US,
> another were boxes of the brand new MG Parts Ltd. MGB catalog. (which I
> just tossed out a couple of months ago)
>
> It sounds like you were shipped a copy of the old catalog, as the
> old Moss Intl. (the company that went bankrupt last year) was out of
> updated catalogs.
>
> Members of the original management team of the Classic British
> Sportscar Spares Group are working hard to get the new Moss Europe up to
> speed, which includes new catalog production runs.
>
> So there you have it, a bit of MG history. It's a pretty catalog,
> but was superceded by the Moss UK catalog in the early 90s.
>
> Hope this clarifies.
>
> Kelvin.
>
>
> > Well I've rec'd some off list comments as well as a couple of
> > replies on the list about the mystery company. I thought I'd add the
> > following info to the mix. Before I begin I want to make it
> > clear the reference to Moss is, Moss EUROPE. Not Moss here in North
> > America (California). Some of you may know the company in
> > Europe had financial problems and Moss USA came to the
> > rescue. Today, as
> > far as I know, Moss USA is a healthy company, and is now the
> > owner of Moss Europe.
> >
> > About one year ago I called Moss Europe and requested several
> > catalogs. They sent me the catalogs and invoiced me, but the invoice
> > indicated Moss Europe was bankrupt. Perfect timing, huh?
> >
> > Although one of the catalogs I had requested was the Moss
> > Europe MGB catalog they sent me a catalog from the MG Parts
> > Center LTD. in
> > Norwalk CT. It is a big catalog, much like you'd see from a
> > parts distributor (not retailer). About a week ago I received a sale
> > flyer from the "New" Moss Europe (see first paragraph). It
> > made me think about the previous situation. So I called all
> > the numbers
> > in the MG Parts Center LTD catalog, I checked with directory
> > assistance, and did an internet search ... no company.
> >
> > It's a great catalog, it even has a photo of a large building
> > on the front. Apparently the building was, or was to be, their
> > warehouse, but as near as I can tell they don't exist.
> >
> > None of the replies I have received offers an answer to this
> > mystery company.
> >
> > Larry Hoy
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
> > >Behalf Of Larry Hoy
> > >Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 3:14 AM
> > >To: MG list
> > >Subject: Parts supplier?
> > >
> > >
> > >Anyone ever heard of;
> > >
> > >MG Parts Center LTD in Norwalk CT
> > >
> > >or;
> > >
> > >Classic British Sportscar Spares Group, same location?
> > >
> > >Larry Hoy
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