Canley Classics second hand parts

[Neil Clark]

Brilliant people.  I've been doing some price comparisons with Moss and Rimmer.  I have had great service from all the companies, especially Canley and to be fair to them Moss near me in London (where there are a pair of really nice Triumph fans on the front service desk).

Needing a diff mount set comprising mounts, and new nuts, bolts etc I found that Canley were at least 20% less expensive for those items.  Postage was the same and they arrived within 24 hours.  I know the nuts and bolts are widely available cheaply but I'm still feeling unfamiliar with Triumphs and the sizes / threads for the car so find buying these specifics safer and very time saving from informed specialists.  Bravo Canley!

[Guest]

21 minutes ago, Neil Clark said:

Brilliant people.  I've been doing some price comparisons with Moss and Rimmer.

Could not agree more Neil.

I have always advocated on this Forum, for those wishing to obtain good service + parts quality + decently priced items - then CC has to be the first port of call; that is certainly my default position and remains so.

[PeteH]

Over the last 3 years since I started on the "marathon refurb;" I have used Canley quite a lot. However. I have had a couple of items I needed at the rush from Rimmer. They being just over an hours drive away. (plus £1-50 for the Humber Bridge). BTW. anyone going to Rimmer`s? It`s worth looking into the Bomber Command Memorial, not very far away.

Pete

[Colin Lindsay]

I must put in a  word for James Paddock; not a supplier that I ever used much until I bought the TR7, but I've been very impressed with both prices and service, even to the point of phoning me at home to confirm if it was TR7 or Herald parts I needed in one order. 

Other suppliers, including those mentioned above, have given me mixed results - amazingly high postal rates, for one (International rates to NI?), charging VAT on postage, or having items listed as NLA when others have them in stock, or items missing from orders that I have to chase up; yet I still use them for convenience or when I need something urgently. Moss don't so Herald stuff so I've not used them in years. For very rare or obsolete parts when I can't make sense of Mick Dolphin's website I use Chic Doig; when I'm in Scotland I usually just drop in.

[martyn wright]

Hi All!  JD Fitchett (is that right?)  I found the best for a Front Valance on my Mk1 Vitesse 1600 saved myself about £35!  2 Months ago!  Cheers Martyn

[NonMember]

15 minutes ago, martyn wright said:

Hi All!  JD Fitchett (is that right?)  I found the best for a Front Valance on my Mk1 Vitesse 1600 saved myself about £35!  2 Months ago!  Cheers Martyn

TD Fitchett. Very good for the things they have, many of which are obscure. I should check whether they still have any Vitesse valances because the GRP one I bought from Canley doesn't look like it will fit (it fouls on the bottom of the radiator).

[Colin Lindsay]

I think - as always open to correction - that T D Fitchetts have the original tooling, so if they make valences they should be correct. I'd guess that anyone else then buys from them and adds on a whack, or else puts a sheet of tin over a good valence and batters it into roughly the correct shape.

[Pete Lewis]

if you use the TD fitchetts  website it only has selected parts listed , tssc manages their website and gets a small handling charge for doing this( or did) 

many parts are not allowed to be listed on line   so if its not there always give them a call   they do have vast stocks of many things a real olde worlde parts warehouse

brown smocks and card indexes 

pete

[dougbgt6]

41 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said:

many parts are not allowed to be listed on line

Too rude?!! 

db

[Colin Lindsay]

...and I thought Triumph Lingerie was the limit..

[Pete Lewis]

not rude   TDF  like to keep the profit margin  on certain parts, 

 not underwear 

pete

[dave.vitesse]

I had a Triumph pushbike and a TV in the past.

Dave

[Colin Lindsay]

6 minutes ago, dave.vitesse said:

I had a Triumph pushbike and a TV in the past.

Dave

Just bought a Triumph can opener... might come in handy on bodywork too.

 

[martyn wright]

Okay!  How did you lot get onto Lingerie and Can Openers? from a comment on Canleys Second Hand Parts from Lost Soal (Non Member)?

 

Cheers Martyn

[Pete Lewis]

its  classic virus ..................  can be catching

 

[Colin Lindsay]

Do you remember that feature there used to be in one of the mainstream papers - "Twelve degrees of separation"? Things that don't seem to be in any way related are connected at a distance? Same here, we sort of go off on a tangent and then get gently nudged back on topic.