And DO NOT BUY lug nuts for splined wire wheel adapters from VB. They
will sell you the wrong ones (too thick so the wheels will literally
fall off the hubs) and argue that those are the correct nuts.
I think the problem is that VB is a very small part of LMC (US car and
truck parts). They don't know and they don't care to know about
Spitfires.
M D "Doc" Nugent
Renton, WA
> --- Jerry Stasyszen <jerry.stasyszen@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> > Since buying a Spitfire I have had to buy parts on line like most
> > everyone
> > else. Of all the suppliers I have dealt with MOSS, SpitBits,
> > BPNorthwest I
> > have been extremely satisfied. I thought that by going with a
> > supplier
> > closer to home I might be able to get my parts just a little
> quicker
> > but
> > what a surprise to discover that they would be the slowest most
> > incompetent
> > parts house around. I ordered my parts, paid with credit card and
> > after a
> > week of not getting my parts I called and was informed that my
> > shipment was
> > still sitting in the warehouse. The clerk gave me the "oh, we'll
> get
> > it
> > shipped tomorrow" story and you should have the parts by the end of
> > the
> > week. I asked what reason the shipment was delayed and was not
> given
> > an
> > answer. I told the clerk the parts and shipping had have already
> been
> > paid
> > and that I needed my parts as soon as possible.
> >
> > If you want you're parts in a reasonable amount of time, go through
> > MOSS,
> > SpitBits or BPNorthwest, they ship when the order is received.
> > Victoria
> > British is a Kansas based parts house, I could have walked to
> Kansas
> > and
> > back to Oklahoma in the amount of time they have delayed my parts
> > shipment.
> > They have lost this customer.
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