Club Triumph

RareBits and Canley's are Number in my Book!  

Avon Tyres Motorsport - rang them direct, got good advice, bought 4 tarmac rally tyres which arrived by carrier on the day requested.

They were £107 + VAT each for 185/70R13 H rated tho so not likely to be a popular purchase for CT members

Demon Tweaks - called in and bought an SOS board and a large hand held rally fire extinguisher.

I also asked about a powered electrical cut out switch instead of the mechanical version I told them I already had. They could have sold me one but actually said "stick with what you have and replace the pull cables each year - they are much more reliable".

Demon Tweaks by the way seem to be the "Rimmer Brothers" of the competitions world - many people like to complain about their prices etc but DT always have good stock and I have always found them very reliable

After recent discussion in the Spitfire section and Mikew's suggestion of a positive trader thread here's this one resurrected.

Could we have this made a "sticky" please?

Chris Witor aka Superflex.  Email my orders in and bushes arrive next day.  Quality service.

Speedy Spares Services Ltd. - Excellent little place down in Portslade, East Sussex.  Little known, but excellent service for all sorts of spares and always speedy!
http://www.speedyspares.co.uk/n1stpage.htm

I used Chic Doig for a large order of parts when starting my Spit6 conversion. Couldn't fault them - excellent advice over the phone, good quality parts and quick delivery. Wasn't a single incorrect item or poor quality part in all of the three boxes of stuff. Also, at the time I found that the prices were very hard to beat by a long way (with club member discount).

Canley's - I've only put in a couple of smallish orders from them by I've also had nothing less than excellent service - both phone and web orders arrived the next day which is hugely useful if you need stuff in a hurry. Which I always do...because I forget to order what I need...  

Trim-wise I would also recommend Park Lane Classics (http://www.parklaneclassics.co.uk). Owen there is very friendly and, if you send him pics of your finished trimming efforts, he'll include you in his gallery - thus lifting you to the realms of instant celebrity  

Have also had no problems with Moss or Sports Car Supplies.

Finally, if it's general help and chit-chat you're after with the occasional bit of light welding thrown in for good measure then I'd highly recommend my neighbour Duncan...

My parts sourcing has been for Stag, TR5, and now 2500 (V so my good suppliers (in no particular order)

Canleys - thanks Dave
Rimmers - always have 99% in stock, perhaps slightly pricey good online ordering
Moss Europe - always have 99% in stock, perhaps slightly pricey good online ordering
Prestige - PI injection - fantastic repaired / reconditioned parts - a real enthusiast
Distributor Doctor - very good, just like Malcolm at Prestige
Earlparts - good repro panels
Robsport - good for stag bits
Justriumph - good for s/h stag parts
Mick Dolphin - very good for 2000 parts
Racetorations - steel cranks and conrods etc
Kingston Sports Cars -  TR gearboxes
Walter Petchey - Stanpart TR panels
S&S plating - chrome work
Chris Tullet - custom manifolds and exhausts
LapTab - powder coating and wheel refinishing
Autac - my local motor factors
Coventry Engines - machining
Pamela Davidson Enamels - Badge repair
Radford Panels - custom panels / repair sections
Chic Doig - various Tr bits

I would endorse all of the above, and I hope that I haven't forgot anyone.

If anyone wants contact detail for the less well know suppliers please send me a pm.

mike

OK, not parts, but a car! Just collected a "new" spitfire from Worcester Car Spares/Triumphs. Dave Saunders, owner, was friendly and straight talking. I bought it unseen via fleabay, and the car had no nasty surprises at all, and in many respects was better than expected.
Dave also has a fair amount of secondhand and new spares, as well as a long established resto business (but for major work expect a LONG wait, he is very booked up) but fits smaller jobs in at short notice. Happily recommend any time.
Clive

Is there a Negative trader/manufacturer feedback thread?  Somewhere we can vent fustration of duff parts or materials used.

So far the only rubber bits on my Stag that have held up more than a few months are the door seals.  Hard top front seals,exhaust hangers, air inlet gaiter and front strut gaiters have all split and perished within a few months.  Rear subframe bushes (the two big ones) have been 50/50 depending on quality.  OD switches are crap....

The trouble is that I get parts from various sources and pretty much all of them are held in relatively high esteem.  I don't think the suppliers can be blamed but the folks who make parts out of 20 yr old jandals and Just Juice tins.

So to go from negative to positive, who has the above parts that last longer than a year?  The only place I have had 100% good dealings with is The Spitfire Graveyard - but they are not really stocking what I want.

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Is there a Negative trader/manufacturer feedback thread?  Somewhere we can vent fustration of duff parts or materials used.

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You may not

- post messages about traders which may be considered libelous or defamatory. Unfortunately we have in the past received a number of comments from suppliers concerning issues which are being discussed in Forum where these matters would be more properly addressed directly and in private between customer and supplier.  This is also the correct way of conducting your business.

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Why does the club not start a new "sticky" thread "Good Suppliers" - no negative comments allowed about any supplier, but all postings need to be about good service and parts.

In time the quantity of postings will certainly reflect the good suppliers, repeated postings from different members will certainly indicate who is reliable and offers a good service, and hence who is worth approaching.

The absence of other suppliers will be an indication that members either don't use them or have had poor experiences.

Feedback on Stag parts suppliers

Well, I don't have a Stag but someone recommended LD Parts some time ago http://www.ldparts.co.uk/

I have used them once for engine bits common to the Sprint/TR7 8 valve engine and their service was good, the parts excellent and I had a general feeling of confidence in them.

I have tried most of the suppliers, and from this experience I usually buy parts from

1: James Paddock - Good pricces, very helpfull, knows what he is talking about, willing to source secondhand stuff. Sells the same stuff as the other suppliers. Can't really blame the suppliers for poor quality.

2: Andrew Turner: good for NOS parts and SU parts

3: Mike Papworth, for reconditioning diffs. Expensive but worth every penny.

4: Gareth Thomas, Tuning advise, vandervell bearings, plasma plugs, Yellow Books. Delivered on time with no problems. No personal experience with reconditioned gearbox and OD, but mate is very happy with the GT OD box he has got


Cheers
Nick

Only used a few - here we go:

1. Paddock - good service, good prices - has sourced NOS early spit-panels for me. Just as Nick B states above. My favorite no. one!

2. Canley Classics - good services too, always get at least one wrong part, but very helpfull sorting things out.

3. Rimmer. New picking system has helped a lot. Expensive, but reliable.  

4. Have used Gareth Thomas too, good service and very helpfull.

I use Canleys now for most of my bits, had one problem with brake hoses but sorted very quickly and efficiently, delivery is almost always next day even when I've ordered fairly late.
Rimmers - don't use them much but good stock if a trifle expensive, but you have to finance stock of slow moving bits somehow.
Quiller - that may suprise a few but got some NOS stuff from them at very good prices.
Andrew Turner - super service and quality of his carbs is fantastic.

Forgot to add to my list:-

Monarch Stag - holley carb, manifolds, adjustable track control arms, drag stuts and rear trailing arm brackets.
Jigsaw for their laser wheel alignment services
Chris Wittor Drive shafts and roller bearing top strut mounts

mike

A positive experience to report

I have some second hand Compomotive wheels which need flat ended wheel nuts.

For competition purposes I also need the wheel nuts to be open ended so that scrutineers can see there is plenty of thread being used on the studs.

This is not a common combination of needs but the guys at http://www.speedshack.co.uk/  - in particular, Steve, have sorted this out for me. After some correspondence I ordered the wheelnuts Monday and they have arrived this morning two days later. A quick check says they fit but I'll get the relevant wheels on the car tonight and make sure all is well.

If there's a problem, it will be my error - not Speedshack's.

So, they have proved helpful with excellent service - maybe not full of Triumph stuff but they could just help you out!

Yes they fit and do just what they say on the tin - altho there's no tin(think)

I used speedshack when I change dup from 3/8" to 7/16" wheel studs and nuts!

They were very helpfull also !  

Yup, another vote for Speedshack from me. Very helpful and stopped me from buying the wrong nuts!

I can also recomment Andy Turner - My old carbs were too far gone to rebuild and he supplied excellent replacements. Good service and he's a nice guy to boot!

Altho they couldn't supply me with the nuts I wanted this time http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/  have supplied me in the past with longer studs and wheel nuts with a conical face.

Also other bits and pieces - good quality kit supplied on time and at a good price IMO