On the same topic of obtaining parts for old British sports cars-
I've had MGs since 1967. My enthusiasm has shifted to Japanese cars for many
reasons. One of those reasons is the poor quality of replacement parts. It's
just too frustrating for me to deal with modifying new replacement parts that
are made in China. Even British made stuff had its problems, but the lower
quality stuff made in Asia is just too much for me to deal with.
Don Scott
1962 MGA
1992 Integra GSR
1991 Honda Civic Si
Quoting Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>:
> Isn't that "surprise backorder" stuff maddening? About a month ago,
> I ordered some stuff, including a tonneau cover which was on sale, for
> my B; from a well-regarded web-order place that you'd all recognize. A
> week or so later all the little stuff arrived but no T cover. So I send
> them an Email (he won't take phone calls) asking where the cover was.
> The reply was that they'd only had a couple of them in stock to begin
> with and they'd been sold before my order came in. Now they were sold
> out and it would be 6 to 8 weeks before they'd have them in. BUT, for
> only a few bucks more I could have the one from Robbins, they had plenty
> of those! So I asked why they hadn't let me know. "Maybe your ISP
> filtered us out", said they; never mind that the reply I was reading
> came from the same Email address. Well gee, looks like I ordered the
> bait. But, not going for the switch, I stayed with the original order.
>
> Now I've found another source for the T cover, so I need to send yet
> another Email to cancel the original. Such is life in the electronic
> marketplace sometimes.
>
> Groans,
>
> CR
>
>
>
> McDowell, Jeffrey B., JO1 wrote:
> > I've heard they were available from England. I recently made a purchase
> > from a MG parts company that is very "Proper" . I bought a set of fully
> > retractable belts about two months ago, and I'm still waiting...Maybe they
> > are on a tramp steamer headed to FLA or maybe someone bought the last
> pair.
> > Still waiting...
> >
> > Jeff in Jax
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