<VV> Replacement part quality

[Eric S. Eberhard]

I have ordered form many of the vendors and have found them all helpful and 
honest with good quality parts.  I have over the years had a problem or 
two, the vendors always make it right.  And this is key -- of course not 
every part is always perfect, but if the vendor makes right it is not a 
problem with me.

Price and selection and competition is excellent for Corvair parts versus 
other older cars.  We are lucky to have so much variety at fair prices.

Anyone that writes a letter and does not sign it and does is not specific 
has no credibility with me, and should not with anyone else.

At 10:35 AM 7/29/2004, corvairs wrote:
>You're referring to the guy with the letter in the latest Communique. The 
>fact that he whines all over the map, doesn't give specifics and won't 
>sign his name ought to tell you something. For our part NONE of our 
>mechanical parts are made in third world countries.  These days most 
>appearance parts (mirrors, trim, die cast cars etc) are made in Taiwan, 
>Jamaica, Red China among other places.  That's just how it is. If he had 
>been specific as to which parts he was whining about and where they had 
>come from there might be a basis for a rational dialogue.
>
>Reproduction parts for Corvairs (done by vendors at least) are of good 
>quality with few exceptions - and they are INEXPENSIVE. Much more 
>inexpensive than they usually are with other makes.  The aforementioned 
>letter reminds me of an experience we had with a gentleman down south of 
>us a few years back. This individual ordered about 40 various items from 
>us then returned nearly all of them with a lenghty letter explaining why 
>they were all "crap". Problem was, nearly none of the parts were 
>reproductions - all were USA made (and top of the line too - are AC spark 
>plugs "crap" for example - are Seth's spark plug wires "crap"? I think you 
>get the idea). With only minor exceptions, his letter was full of outright 
>nonesense and observations that no rational person would ever even 
>contemplate. Turns out a little later we found out he was a new 
>"competitor". (No it wasn't Dave)  Still didn't make him or his actions 
>sane, in my opinion.
>It would be interesting to know who wrote the Communique letter and where 
>he got the parts from (and which ones) and if the boy is grinding a new 
>axe or.......... .  Lon
>
>www.corvairunderground.com
>
>Ron F Hinz wrote:
>
>>I recall a recent message in which the writer complained about the low 
>>quality
>>of many replacement parts.
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