<VV> Replacement part quality

[corvairs]

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

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Ron F Hinz wrote:

>I recall a recent message in which the writer complained about the low quality
>of many replacement parts.