Parts sourcing part 2
Discussion
I know that this thread has been moved, but the link doesnt seem to work - however, those that are TVRCC members might have seen in Sprint this month that Moss (famous for producing back catalogues of parts for MG's, Stags, GT6, Spitfires etc) are in the process of doing one for TVR's...!!! Hurrah...
Know a few people with MGBs and they swear by Moss... could be interesting....
Cheers,
Paul
P.S. According to the advert - email tvr@moss-europe.co.uk with your name, full address and make / model and year of the TVR and they will send out a catalogue.
P.P.S. I dont work for Moss or anything...
Know a few people with MGBs and they swear by Moss... could be interesting....
Cheers,
Paul
P.S. According to the advert - email tvr@moss-europe.co.uk with your name, full address and make / model and year of the TVR and they will send out a catalogue.
P.P.S. I dont work for Moss or anything...
I know that this thread has been moved, but the link doesnt seem to work - however, those that are TVRCC members might have seen in Sprint this month that Moss (famous for producing back catalogues of parts for MG's, Stags, GT6, Spitfires etc) are in the process of doing one for TVR's...!!! Hurrah...
Know a few people with MGBs and they swear by Moss... could be interesting....
Cheers,
Paul
P.S. According to the advert - email tvr@moss-europe.co.uk with your name, full address and make / model and year of the TVR and they will send out a catalogue.
P.P.S. I dont work for Moss or anything...
Sorry Paul, link fixed now. Bit new to all this.
Big Al.
MMm you might well be right there Steve, but its a step in the right direction. TVR parts arent necessarily the most expensive on the market, but a little competition cant go amiss - not wishing to put the dealers out of business here, but us owners of older models (mines 10 next year!!) prefer the "joy of the hunt" rather than the "hammer the credit card" approach.... give it time and I am sure that it will cover the older models...
On a separate note - when does classic car insurance kick in? is it 13 years?
Cheers,
Paul
On a separate note - when does classic car insurance kick in? is it 13 years?
Cheers,
Paul
I must admit I don't associate Moss with the term cheap which could be one of the reasons they got into difficulties last year.
It contrasts with the fact that many of the other suppliers have removed TVR from the parts list because they found there were so many variations and as a result, most of the profits went in handling returns. This is why many have a return surcharge policy. Add to that the fact that many bits are modified or have been incorrctly identified or may have been on a production run of two weeks and it is not the type of business I would want to get into.
I also don't like hammering the credit card but the number of times that owners have enjoyed the hunt only to find that the bargain bits were considerably more expensive than TVR or a specialist is staggering. Especially when said owner finds that the part then doesn't fit, can't get his money back (or is surcharged) and has to buy the bit as well.
I also wonder if their marketing dept has done the simple thing of establishing how many cars that are left and how big their market is for all this work?
Steve
>> Edited by shpub on Tuesday 11th February 08:11
It contrasts with the fact that many of the other suppliers have removed TVR from the parts list because they found there were so many variations and as a result, most of the profits went in handling returns. This is why many have a return surcharge policy. Add to that the fact that many bits are modified or have been incorrctly identified or may have been on a production run of two weeks and it is not the type of business I would want to get into.
I also don't like hammering the credit card but the number of times that owners have enjoyed the hunt only to find that the bargain bits were considerably more expensive than TVR or a specialist is staggering. Especially when said owner finds that the part then doesn't fit, can't get his money back (or is surcharged) and has to buy the bit as well.
I also wonder if their marketing dept has done the simple thing of establishing how many cars that are left and how big their market is for all this work?
Steve
>> Edited by shpub on Tuesday 11th February 08:11
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