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lowdrag
Joined: 10 Apr 2009 Posts: 1585 Location: Le Mans
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:45 am Post subject: Commonality of spare parts |
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Got thinking about this the other day when the Prince of darkness flasher unit went on the blink - except it wouldn't blink! So, looked at the usual Jaguar suspects and they wanted £25. Got the same thing from the Moggie 1000 site for a fiver. Then if memory serves there was the Porker 924 brakes which came off a VW van and were one third of the price. I'm sure you can come up with others too. |
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PAUL BEAUMONT
Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Posts: 1281 Location: Barnsley S. Yorks
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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This certainly applies on Ebay. I recently needed some points. When I trawled using the Lucas part reference I found the same dealer listing the same points for various vehicles at different prices depending on the degree of exotica!
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Keith D
Joined: 16 Oct 2008 Posts: 1127 Location: Upper Swan, Western Australia
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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Back in the early seventies I had a mark 2 Jag as an everyday work vehicle and I hit a very deep pothole on a country road, breaking both the shock absorbing blocks that fit between the body and the sub frame at the front of the car. After getting a bank loan type quote from the Jag dealers, a friend advised me they were bog standard, off the shelf Holden engine mounts at a fraction of the price!
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22429 Location: UK
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Scotty
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 883
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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For classic American cars (and some European) you can buy "Interchange Manuals" that detail all the interchangable parts from one make to another.
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ukdave2002
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4100 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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Reading this I thought its funny how things have changed.... years ago common parts were more minor items like, len's , switches, gauges etc, these days it major items like floorpans, engines and gearbox's that are shared. |
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Riley Blue
Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 1750 Location: Derbyshire
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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ukdave2002 wrote: | Reading this I thought its funny how things have changed.... years ago common parts were more minor items like, len's , switches, gauges etc, these days it major items like floorpans, engines and gearbox's that are shared. |
I think that's often been the case; I'm thinking of BMC in particular where engines, suspension, transmissions were shared across a whole variety of models from cars and vans to even boats (B series engine). |
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Rusty
Joined: 10 Feb 2009 Posts: 202 Location: Bunbury, Western Australia
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Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:27 am Post subject: |
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A friend is doing up a serier 2 minor and needed some park light lenses and I just happened to have some on an A 40 devon but the surprising thing was the same day I spotted the same lens on a DB5 Aston Martin, I bet they would want more for it.
Back in the 70s the company I was doing my aprenticeship with were doing a transmission on a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow and the epicyclic gear set needed replacing so they were quoted $1500 dollars (at the time about the price of a mini) through the factory parts channel. The car was out of warranty (just) and the owner was not happy, so they shot off down to the local "Holden" dealers and bought the same unit off GM to fit a Cadilac for about $200. |
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ukdave2002
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4100 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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riley541 wrote: | ukdave2002 wrote: | Reading this I thought its funny how things have changed.... years ago common parts were more minor items like, len's , switches, gauges etc, these days it major items like floorpans, engines and gearbox's that are shared. |
I think that's often been the case; I'm thinking of BMC in particular where engines, suspension, transmissions were shared across a whole variety of models from cars and vans to even boats (B series engine). |
I was thinking more across not related firms; today Fiat and Vauxhall share floorpans, Ford and Peugot share engines, BMW and GM Europe have also shared engines I bet there are loads more! |
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Richard H
Joined: 03 Apr 2009 Posts: 2148 Location: Lincolnshire, UK
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Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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I know Allegro door handles fit Deloreans! _________________ Richard Hughes |
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7113 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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Rusty wrote: | I spotted the same lens on a DB5 Aston Martin, I bet they would want more for it.
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Ah, but they do other things on the DB5..
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Mog
Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 661 Location: Sydney
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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:15 am Post subject: |
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I heard that a lot of Ford parts fit Aston Martins. |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22429 Location: UK
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7113 Location: Edinburgh
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22429 Location: UK
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