grassracer
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| posted on 22/8/08 at 09:11 AM |
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What do you need but can never find...?
Ok following on from my earlier posting about garage facilities waiting areas, someone suggested a sales area where you can buy all sorts of stuff
that you can never find locally, without going via mail order. This is actually one I'd considered before so leading on the question....
What sort of stuff should I stock, think motoring in general as well as motorsport related and car builder related. I don't want just another
car accessory shop but want to keep hard to find useful stuff which will sell once established
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TimC
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| posted on 22/8/08 at 09:17 AM |
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One-in/Multiple out Fuse Boxes. I never found one and had to improvise.
Cleco fasteners
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afj
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| posted on 22/8/08 at 09:19 AM |
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selection of nut bolts screws and washers with no minimum order
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smart51
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| posted on 22/8/08 at 09:24 AM |
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high tensile zinc plated bolts and cap heads. Particularly in long sizes or fine threads.
PU adhesive.
edging trim.
exhaust trims.
Brake fluid hose.
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nib1980
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| posted on 22/8/08 at 09:32 AM |
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a winning lottery ticket 
in seriousness, I use a lot of Imperial bolts and sourcing them is tricky and expensive online
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D Beddows
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| posted on 22/8/08 at 09:44 AM |
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Do non of you people live in a town with a half decent engineers merchant!
Real blue roll is about the only thing I can think of that isn't in all likelihood already sold by a (probably) nearby engineers merchant/motor
factors/Halfords/B&Q/Poundshop......maybe a box of loose (unpackaged pick and mix type arrangement) small grinding stones for dremel type things
at a decent price.......
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02GF74
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| posted on 22/8/08 at 10:05 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by grassracer
Ok following on from my earlier posting about garage facilities waiting areas, someone suggested a sales area where you can buy all sorts of stuff
that you can never find locally, without going via mail order.
Thai brides?
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smart51
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| posted on 22/8/08 at 10:13 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by D Beddows
Do non of you people live in a town with a half decent engineers merchant!
No. Sadly. If I knew of such a place, I'd practically live there. If you know one in west birmingham or redditch, please let me know.
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oliwb
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| posted on 22/8/08 at 10:40 AM |
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P - Clips
Maplin sell them I know but I'm a 40 mile round trip from the nearest one and they don't always have stock! Oli.
If your not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room!
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tegwin
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| posted on 22/8/08 at 10:43 AM |
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No. Sadly. If I knew of such a place, I'd practically live there. If you know one in west birmingham or redditch, please let me know.
You live in/near a massive industrial city FFS.....Even I can find a decent fixings company locally and I live in the arse end of nowhere!!!!!
Do a search on yell.com....there are literally DOUZENS around reditch!
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designer
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| posted on 22/8/08 at 12:47 PM |
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Clecos are available from Frost.
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smart51
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| posted on 22/8/08 at 01:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
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No. Sadly. If I knew of such a place, I'd practically live there. If you know one in west birmingham or redditch, please let me know.
You live in/near a massive industrial city FFS.....Even I can find a decent fixings company locally and I live in the arse end of nowhere!!!!!
Do a search on yell.com....there are literally DOUZENS around reditch!
You'd think. I know a half decent fastenings company in Redditch and a really good one about 1 1/2 hours round trip away in Birmingham. Both
found by word of mouth. Yell.co.uk is rubbish. I've never found what I'm looking for with them. Either closed down premises or
manufacturers with minimum orders of 10,000,000,000,000 bolts. As for engineer's merchants. I dream of such places.
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DarrenW
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| posted on 22/8/08 at 02:17 PM |
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from my local engineers type merchants ive bought various box sets of springs, o-rings, nuts, bolts etc. I think they buy big boxes of seperates in
bulk then package them up into bags and boxes before selling out. Items tend to be better quality than you get on the 2 for a fiver stands at the
shows.
Consumables such as gloves, JB weld, sealants, cable ties, fuses, wire etc.
Maybe even keep a sealey or similar type catalogue on the desk and offer to get tools in on fast delivery from stockists (probs too expensive to
stock).
Problem on this site is you will get a list of car builder solutions type stuff. What type of people come into your place? Or are you thinking of
broadening business to attract the semi serious car DIYer who is sick of paying Halfords tax?
Do you have younger people close by? Reason to ask is i know they get branded as chavs a lot of the time but seeing as most live at home and blow a
lot of cash on little cars they may be an income stream to tap into. This leads onto greenstuff pads (etc), cross drilled discs and other sensible
performance items that you could then fit for a fee.
Alloy wheels, sticky tyres, track day type items.
I wouldnt be surprised if a specialist fasteners place would be happy to put in a fully stocked stand on a consignment basis that you then just pay
for what is replenished.
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DarrenW
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| posted on 22/8/08 at 02:20 PM |
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Wherabouts are you? Main street in busy town or quiet little estate in middle of nowhere. Might help to know so we can think about who passes by.
If you are in an agricultural or country area you may find local farms etc need stuff. We have a Lloyds tractor place close by that is an alladins
cave inside for spares etc.
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