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jlaird

jlaird

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I am not quite ready to make a test but there seems to be Bugeye parts listed in the Victoria British catalog that are listed as N/A in the Moss catalog. I wonder.

For example:

Windsheld washer switches
Screw down Regulators and fuse boxes.

And many more or do they just list it all and hope for the best?
 
Jack, there are a lot that Moss has that VB doesn't list, as well. It pays to shop around. I've bought a lot from both of them over the years, and overall have been pretty satisfied with VB.
One drawback they have is that they aren't really car people, so if you ask a question, it's a crapshoot.
Jeff
 
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One drawback they have is that they aren't really car people, so if you ask a question, it's a crapshoot.


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Yup.. I actually stopped by their place one time years ago when I was in Lenexa for something else... I'm not sure what I was expecting but I was kinda let down. At least if you pull into the Moss parking lot you'd see a LBC or two and what's-his-name's TC was sitting in the lobby.
 
I've used VB for years & even remember when they had a scrathc & dent room at their counter in Lenexa...I also remember when I had a problem I could walk back through their warehouse to look at a completed car in the owner's collection...last time I was tyhere, they wouldn't let me look at his cars, the scratch & dent was closed & there was nobody who knew anything about LBC's....this year I even closed my dealer account & have focused entirely on Moss....if Moss doesn't have a part, I search elsewhere (but VB isn't one of my searches) & haven't had to go to VB for a part yet.
 
I've had mixed results with VB. Sometimes they have the real parts that Moss doesn't have, but other times these parts end up being something that doesn't fit or is more of a universal replacement. The last thing I bought from them was a fuel line kit, and what I got was a few lengths of copper tubing (which still had to be cut to the right size), a couple lengths of fuel hose, and a handful of hose clamps. The fitting to go into the tank was missing, and the tubing wasn't flared to take the fitting. In other words, they sent me about $10 worth of parts that I could have bought myself at Home Depot and AutoZone. After I complained they did manage to cough up the fitting, but I told them they should probably not be advertising them as "Ready-made fuel feed kits" if you have to cut them to size and don't include all the pieces.
-Dave
 
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