But guys, this was probably in the 80's and 70's when our cars weren't worth
much and BMC was bankrupt.
Even MGAs are worth 20K plus now... putting cheap parts on a car worth that
much just don't make sense.
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:03 PM, <Warthodson@aol.com> wrote:
> ____________________________________
> From: Warthodson
> To: m.g.sharp@sympatico.ca
> Sent: 2/13/2009 8:56:01 A.M. Central Standard Time
> Subj: Re: [Healeys] Getting decent quality parts
>
>
> I worked, briefly, at Victoria British, many years ago. At that time, they
> offered the customer Lucas parts or the option of less expensive repro
> parts.
> They also offered
> MGB fenders from the original tooling or less expensive repro fenders.
> They
> even had a note in the catalog that indicated the less expensive fenders
> might need more work to get them to fit. Sales of the more expensive parts
> were
> almost non-existent. The complaints about the fenders were so numerous &
> costly to VB that they actually stopped selling them & only offered the
> better
> part. I don't know if that is still true today.
> I am often amazed at how often a reply to a question on this list is not
> directed to the to the original question, but "how to do it cheaper".
> Gary Hodson
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