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TR2/3/3A Fraud on ebay...shocking, I know...

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doc50

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I removed this post as I realized it had less to do with British cars than my bad experience with one Ebay seller.
 
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But it does make you feel a little better banging out your pi$$ed offness on the key board
 
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Yep! The other funny ones are when they start the bids above what you can buy the parts for new. I assume they are counting on buyer ignorance?? You really have to know what you are looking for and what it's worth on eBay.
 
Yea, but there is a minority out there that insist on only period original parts, no repros or OEM later production. Had a guy once tell me he couldn't finish his car as he couldn't find ORIGINAL early 1960 weatherstripping and refused to use identical modern manufactured stuff.
 
mikephillips said:
Yea, but there is a minority out there that insist on only period original parts, no repros or OEM later production. Had a guy once tell me he couldn't finish his car as he couldn't find ORIGINAL early 1960 weatherstripping and refused to use identical modern manufactured stuff.
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I'm not completely OC about it, but more and more I'm becoming one of that minority. I know there are lots and lots of really GOOD bits out there, but there's also a lot of...uh...not so good repro stuff. I admit to taking advantage of good deals on NOS when I can afford to!
 
Some parts are worth holding out for NOS. Rubber parts that are over 40 years old are not one of those I hold out for. Still...many of the Ebay parts are not NOS, but rather repros for more than the big three are selling the same repros.
 
CJD said:
Some parts are worth holding out for NOS. Rubber parts that are over 40 years old are not one of those I hold out for. Still...many of the Ebay parts are not NOS, but rather repros for more than the big three are selling the same repros.
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I think that depends mostly on how/where they were stored. I've recently picked up some NOS "Metalastik" suspension bushings that are as nice if not nicer than some much newer repro bushings. Same with (dare I even say this?) Girling hydraulic rebuild kits. As always, YMMV, etc., etc.! ;)
 
Andrew Mace said:
I think that depends mostly on how/where they were stored. I've recently picked up some NOS "Metalastik" suspension bushings that are as nice if not nicer than some much newer repro bushings. Same with (dare I even say this?) Girling hydraulic rebuild kits. As always, YMMV, etc., etc.! ;)
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I've wondered about whether old hydraulic rebuild kits would still be any good as I'm sure I have parts from 20 years ago that I bought to restore the second TR4A 20 years ago. Same for old NOS Armstrong shocks that I picked up from car show vendors 25 years ago.

Scott
 
HerronScott said:
I've wondered about whether old hydraulic rebuild kits would still be any good as I'm sure I have parts from 20 years ago that I bought to restore the second TR4A 20 years ago. Same for old NOS Armstrong shocks that I picked up from car show vendors 25 years ago.

Scott
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I won't go so far as to suggest that everyone do this, but I've yet to have a problem in using old stock Girling kits and cylinders. On the other hand, I have, since at least the 1970s, had my share of problems with aftermarket rebuild kits new or old. There was cr*p then just as there is cr*p now. ;) At worst, I'll know pretty quickly after initial installation whether the NOS bits were up to the task! And that's more than I can say about at least one aftermarket cylinder kit I got way back when. Despite appearing to be a new kit, the seals were so hard that they split as I was fitting them. :madder:
 
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