I second that. SICP is always the first place I look to order parts. And
even out here in California I receive my parts in 2 days; no extra charge.
My next source for parts is always Brit-Tek in New Hampshire. They are
always friendly and more than willing to offer advice. 1-800-255-5583.
Craig Wiper
early '74 B
craigw@sonic.net
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> From: Ross Overcash <jroverca@tiac.net>
> To: MR JOHN P ELWOOD <WJAD81D@prodigy.com>
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Victoria British Warning
> Date: Saturday, October 19, 1996 7:11 PM
>
> John,
>
> Sorry about your troubles with Victoria British. Since you mentioned you
> had your car towed off the Mass Pike can I assume you are in
Massachusettes
> or at least in New England? Any way. I purchase most of my mailorder
from
> Special Interest Car parts in Johnston RI. They can be reached at
> 1-800-556-7496. Most orders are shipped the same day you place the order
> and will arrive in 1-2 days. They SHip UPS. The point of alll this is if
> you live with in 1-2 hours of Johnston RI you could save the shipping
costs
> and pick up body parts, which would mean you could inspect befor purchase
> etc!!!!!!
>
>
>
>
>
> At 07:02 PM 10/19/96 -0500, you wrote:
> > Victoria British wasn't very nice about me returning lug nuts once,
> > (they didn't match), but I didn't care and kept ordering from them.
> >It was convienient to have the prices righ in the catalog. I ordered
> >a new hood (as well as grille and bumper) to repair damage that
> >occurred whent he car was beign towed off the Mass Pike. The bodyman
> >saw the hood and instantly called me... It was just awful. I saw it
> >today. Two 18" dents are in the middle. The little "nose" on the
> >front is longer on one side and has a FILLER BUBBLE! This is a NEW
> >hood, with FILLER in it? There are many scratches showing through
> >the paint. It looks like it was sanded with 30 grit sand paper and
> >then primed black. It is just RIDICULOUS.
> > All this is well and good, just send it back, right? Well, no.
> >Victoria British claims it was Yellow Frieght that did the damage.
> >Yellow Freight? I didn't know they did body filler. Luckily, we
> >charged it! So, we just reversed the charges and mailed it back
> >anyway, even though the didn't want it. Now we are "negotiating"
> >with Yellow Freight to get out money back from them. $96 to ship a
> >$150 part. That's just plain stupid. And they dented it.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> Ross Overcash, 74B, NAMGBR 2-1172, Ayer, MA.
>
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