Reply to "Fed Up with Vendors"

Yes Will,
This seems to be a problem,
1) I tried a while back to get sway bars that were chromed, paid a premium because they were for a Pantera and received the bars with poor welding of the washer stops and some of the crapiest chrome I'd ever seen, sent them back & ate the cost of shipping,not to mention It took 2 mos to get my money back.
2)Another vendor, I bought an air cleaner, and some breathers , I had to finish machining the Air cleaner. Found some of the parts later and there was a 500% markup!
3)A third vendor I purchased from sent me a Master Clutch, the resevior cracked due to poor workmanship, his answer was use the old parts. WOW!!!!
4)A fourth sent me a chinese made throw out bearing @ twice the cost of a good US made bearing and was peturbed I was questioning him about this, also I received sway bar that were suppose to be chrome, another very poor chrome job.
I personally believe they are gouging the owners & I will go to great extents of finding ,refurbishing,building and learning to do what I can to keep my Pantera reasonable.
I have personally posted some of my repairs and finding's to help others curtail the High Cost of parts . Any additional info posted on others experiences would perpetuate the education on these cars so as not to be taken advantage of.

My 2 cents, Mark

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