Alright, I'm on the brink of starting some work on my LeMans. A rolling restoration during the summer while I start work on the garage addition that will host a frame-off... eventually (maybe).
I'll be spending, over the course of months and years, serveral thousands of dollars. I don't spend my money lightly. Nobody does. However, I'm heavy into customer service. I like to know that I am more than just a customer number in their database. I do alot of orders by phone and few online because I like to ask alot of questions to make sure it's right. If there is one thing I hate is to have to order something, wait days or weeks to get it, and have it be WRONG when it arrives. Only to have to deal with sending it back and resetting the wait time again. So knowledgeable people is a must.
Selection and price are second, but almost as important. But again, I'll pay a little more if there are good people on the other end of the phone. (Hey! Hooper, with Burt Reynolds, is on HDNet... I love that movie... I'll try and keep this short... hehe)
I like to do alot of figuring things out for myself so a good website is a big plus. From what I've seen so far, many of the sites that fall far short. Poor, generic, or even zero descriptions of the parts and rarely a good picture of the ACTUAL part you're trying to order. I hate it when they use the same picture for many similar parts, but you know darn well they are different. It would be real nice to see what you are really getting and not what you MIGHT get. How hard could that be? And descriptions? Same crap.
So, here are a few I've seen. Tell me what y'all think. I mean what you REALLY think! Who's good and who's bad? Do you use any of them exclusively? Do you use one for some things and one for others? By all means, add to the list if I missed any good or bad ones.
List:
1A Auto Parts
BMR Engineering
Original Parts Group
Year One
Performance Years
Summit Racing
Yes, It's a short list, but I'm still new to all of this. Thanks for your time folks!
Later doooooods,
Gonzo-
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