Frank,
While I can assure you that TRF doesn't have it's own Chinese manufacturing
plant, you are not entirely wrong about the Chinese stuff. It's getting
harder and harder to get away from it, no matter where you go. My point is
that we should use and insist on the best quality, O.E. type stuff for our
cars, as opposed to buying strictly based upon price. There is still some
"good stuff" to be had, out there. By supporting the "good stuff", we
encourage our vendors to look for quality parts as opposed to what I call
"caricature parts". We are very fortunate in that the overall quality and
selection of parts for our LBCs is far better and more reasonably priced
than that which is available for vintage Volkswagens and Porsches. Vintage
BMW stuff is mainly available only through salvage yards!
If we don't demand and support quality, we should not expect to get it.
Bud Osbourne
-----Original Message-----
From Frank Clarici [mailto:spritenut at exit109.com]
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 7:41 PM
To: Bud Osbourne
Cc: Robert E. Shlafer; spridget list
Subject: Re: Pressure regulator suggestion
Wait a minute here, unless things changed in recent years, TRF has it's
OWN chinese manufacturing plant. I recall the TR6 green radiator hoses
turning black all by themselves on the boat ride over.
I stopped by their vending table at Bowie. It was a chinese flea market
of moss crap and other chinese or taiwan junk.
It's too late, the major suppliers sold out to the asians back in the
80s. Oh and beware of those "made in UK" stickers on the stuff from that
UK colony called Hong Kong!
Like the leaf springs made by British Spring UK, they assemble them out
of chinese steel in the UK. You can see the chinese letters on the
springs stamped right in.
Read between the lines people. Lucas "type" is NOT Lucas.
Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
Back up to too many sprites again.
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