I thought it was Motorhead that was busted some time ago for being a "front"
for a drug running operation. (Or maybe a similar sounding name.)
Reid
'79 Spitfire (original owner)
-----Original Message-----
From: Nolan Penney [mailto:npenney@pop.erols.com]
Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 12:20 PM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net; spitfire-enthusiast@egroups.com
Subject: Shoping in the DC area; skip Motorhead and go to Mountjoy
Went shopping in the DC area with Ludwig for some Spitfire parts. It was an
enlightening day, and he suggested I post about it, since I'm the one close
to the computer these days.
We started off going to Motorhead ( http://www.motorheadltd.com/ ). They're
supposed to be a premo place in the area. Ludwig already had printed up his
list of what he wanted from their catalog, and I wanted to fill up the bed
of the truck with used parts. Turns out that they don't carry much
inventory at all, couldn't care less about selling it, and told me that
their used part story about selling excess inventory by the pound was a
joke. It really was. They absolutely didn't want to be bothered by looking
on the shelfs to see if they had parts. No kidding, they said that point
blank to Ludwig. They finally ended up throwing us out because we wanted to
buy parts. To say it was disapointing would be an understatement.
Then we went off to a shop I had just found called Mountjoys (
http://members.aol.com/mtjoysauto/index.html ). Can't say we hit paydirt
there, as they had very little for older Spitfires like Ludwigs available.
But they sure did have the right attitude! Lots of interesting used stuff
and odd stuff. They have stacks of used lugage racks, replacement left and
right hand mirrors on the shelf, and lots off small odd stuff right there.
Be it colortunes to waxoil kits and urethane bushings. They've got a goodly
supply of dismantled parts, and apparently a very interesting crew of
mechics, as they are building a fascinating racing GT6 there that the one
person running the store on Saturday showed me. While we didn't spend any
money that day, I'll be back to spend more!
So the long and short of it for use was that Motorhead was a waste of time,
and will never be contacted by either of us again. But Mountjoy was
interesting, and I'll be in touch with them again, and would suggest to
others in the area that dropping by would be a good idea.
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