- 1. Re: TRF (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 07:17:18 -0500
- In the bad old days when I had my B, TRF had just started carrying MGB parts. All of their publications made it very clear that they felt they were prostituting themselves by pandering to the unwashe
- /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00711.html (7,997 bytes)
- 2. Re: TRF (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 11:13:31 -0400
- I agree David. The catalogs and restoration guides they publish are very good in my opinion, but Runyon is a little sold on himself. The "English Tavern" appears to have really been a money loser. I
- /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00716.html (8,626 bytes)
- 3. RE: TRF (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:16:56 -0400
- "Prostituting themselves.....unwashed herds". I've never felt that, at all. Ever. If that were the case, why would TRF's owner provide and MGB for his beloved daughter to drive to college. Why would
- /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00723.html (9,455 bytes)
- 4. RE: TRF (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:56:22 -0400
- I've gotten to know Charles Runyan over the last 15 years. I can tell you that he's not so much "a little sold on himself" as he is eccentric. And, yes, to the dismay of many of us, he went a bit ov
- /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00726.html (11,528 bytes)
- 5. Re: TRF (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:23:57 -0700
- Hear, Hear!! Good for you Bud, how true. Paul A /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo /// Archives at http://www.team.net
- /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00727.html (8,153 bytes)
- 6. Re: TRF (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 18:57:22 -0400
- Bud, I really didn't mean to cast aspersions (is that how you spellit)on Charles. You have to respect anyone that can build a business from scratch, and to build one around something you love, that t
- /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00732.html (8,266 bytes)
- 7. Re: TRF (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 21:17:40 -0500
- Oh, you mean like Ed at Just Brits?! /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive/sp
- /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00747.html (8,120 bytes)
- 8. RE: TRF (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 09:33:38 -0400
- Huh? Ya got me on that one. If it'll help in the comparison, I don't think Charles has any cats (the SURE sign of an eccentric), although, as a Pennsylvania farm boy (like me), he owns and knows how
- /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00774.html (8,597 bytes)
- 9. Re: TRF (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 10:31:56 -0400
- Obvious rhetorical question: Then why did you approach Moss for parts? jay fishbein wallingford, ct Home of "The Innocenti Project" 61 Innocenti 950 Spyder 63 Pink Sprite MkII 74 RWA Midget 38,000 mi
- /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00777.html (8,333 bytes)
- 10. Re: TRF (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 10:46:49 -0400
- Bottom line to all of this is that there are numerous independent vendors that provide proper service, but some people will continue to purchase from the Moss/VB Depot operations as well. Unfortunate
- /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00778.html (9,391 bytes)
- 11. RE: TRF (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:08:14 -0400
- Actually, I was checking on the availability of a part. I order Moss-supplied stuff from a local vendor and long-time, good friend who gives me a better price than Moss does. Keep in mind, too, that
- /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00779.html (9,525 bytes)
- 12. Re: TRF (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:18:39 -0400
- There's a ranch north of Vegas that comes close... Robert Houston Transervicios S.A. de C.V. 915-592-2082 /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.tea
- /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00780.html (8,064 bytes)
- 13. Re: TRF (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:33:32 -0400
- Obvious rhetorical question #2: I thought you didn't think it was good to support Moss Motors? I'm not trying to break your bocci balls, it's just the the harmonic convergence of the visionary mindsh
- /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00782.html (9,269 bytes)
- 14. Re: TRF (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:48:27 -0700 (PDT)
- Don't forget that it all must be "value-added in a lean environment that maximizes mutual benefit". __________________________________ Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
- /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00784.html (8,309 bytes)
- 15. RE: TRF (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:03:30 -0400
- Yeah. I pretty much agree with you (at least on the part that I can understand;) ). But, not ALL repro parts come from the same sources and not all are junk. However, in general, you are right about
- /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00785.html (12,720 bytes)
- 16. RE: TRF (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:12:52 -0400
- I understand. Although I don't care much for Moss Motors, I still do, occasionally, patronize them when my local guy orders Spridget parts for me, from them. I find that I do send a lot of their stu
- /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00786.html (9,663 bytes)
- 17. RE: TRF (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:14:51 -0400
- Aw, man, you city boys sure do talk funny, sometimes ;) Bud Osbourne Jay, Don't forget that it all must be "value-added in a lean environment that maximizes mutual benefit". _________________________
- /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00787.html (8,490 bytes)
- 18. Re: TRF (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:48:22 -0400
- No Comment. Like Innocenti's? Such as? I guess you never talked to someone who bought a BH bodyshell? jay fishbein wallingford, ct Home of "The Innocenti Project" 61 Innocenti 950 Spyder 63 Pink Spri
- /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00788.html (8,453 bytes)
- 19. Re: TRF (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:28:50 -0500
- Ed knows how to shoot a gun, or at least that is what he tells me............ /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo /// A
- /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00790.html (7,907 bytes)
- 20. RE: TRF (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 14:01:16 -0400
- I've interjected my responses below. I'm afraid I don't have the time or interest to provide supporting documentation to my previous statement, about O.E. manufacturers. I'm just tickled to be able
- /html/spridgets/2003-08/msg00792.html (9,492 bytes)
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