Hear,hear!
If one can't smile when dealing with LBC's, one should not look to own one.
Peter
74 TR6 (when my wife lets me drive it)
74 MGB (last of the chrome bumpers)
69 MGCGT (still chasing the elusive sunroof)
Windoseat@aol.com wrote:
> Reading all these emails about TRF and "world class" customer service is a
> hoot! I realize that some of us are young and the rest of us are older with
> fading memories, but it's funny to expect a hobby that is based 1960's
> technology to be handled like Amazon.com!!! If I buy a Mazda I expect that
> and more from the manufacturer and parts supplier but my love affair with my
> GT6+ isn't based on any of that. So if I have to wait for a part or call
> around to several suppliers, search the boneyards, beg and borrow that's
> what I'll do. As far as TRF and Charles Runyon go I've had good luck with
> everything I've bought from them, I like their style and the Inn was an
> ambitious project but he pulled it off. We can argue business practices and
> marketing until the cows come home but there are examples of entrepeneurs and
> corporate types who succeed and fail with thinking inside and outside the
> box. Charles is Charles and seems to be a dreamer and a likeable fellow. He
> pours his heart out but he has put heart and soul into his business. Plenty
> of businesses and people have lost their focus from time to time, but I'm not
> one to "jump ship" when the going gets tough. I prefer people who vote with
> their hearts and not with their wallets. I surely didn't buy "Ian" for it's
> outstanding investment potential. Triumphs are a hobby and a passion not a
> case study for MBA's. The Triumph company wasn't financially sound, why
> should anyone expect a supplier of parts for a 30 year old marque to be any
> different? This is an affair of the heart and Charles has his heart in
> it......cut the guy some slack.
>
> Greg Wolf
> 1970 GT6+ "Ian"
> KC79746L
> Bridgewater, Michigan
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