Commonality of spare parts

[lowdrag]

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.

[williamp]

lowdrag said:

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.

Lots and lots- lucas is lucas, afterall. A lot of the switches on the Aston can be bought cheaper as tey are from a V12 E-type, and the indicator stalk is from a MG Midget, with Ford Cortina arms. Cortina front lights, hillman hunter rear lights, lambu muira front brakes etc etc

[marshalla]

Practical Classics published a series of PIG (Parts Interchangeability Guide) booklets either last year or the year before - fascinating reading.

Maybe someone should set up an online equivalent ?

[Nick_F]

Alterparts, or something, wasn't it? RSSOC maintains a database for Scimitars, which are essentially pre-assembled kitcars anyway.

[eccles]

My first ever car was a pre war Morris Minor (2 seater tourer), a lot of the running gear apart from the engine was shared with the MG 'M' type, and it used to push up the prices no end!

[andyps]

I used to work for a bearing manufacturer and the commonality of parts across different cars was massive, with correspondingly massive differences in price. The Porsche 924 you mention also had the same wheel bearings as a Beetle if memory serves me right. Similarly, various Ferrari shared bearings with cars as mundane as Cortinas, but where Ford might charge about £20 Ferrari were £500. I still have some application catalogues somewhere if anyone needs part numbers.

Edited by andyps on Friday 10th July 01:17

[williamp]

andyps said:

. I still have some application catalogues somewhere if anyone needs part numbers.

Edited by andyps on Friday 10th July 01:17

Yes yes yes! That would be immensly useful. Whats the best way, apart from saying "Aston Martin 1969-1990"??

[andyps]

williamp said:

andyps said:

. I still have some application catalogues somewhere if anyone needs part numbers.

Edited by andyps on Friday 10th July 01:17

Yes yes yes! That would be immensly useful. Whats the best way, apart from saying "Aston Martin 1969-1990"??

I'll have a look for you - can't remember if Aston Martin were in our list though. The problem might be that distributors would not get much call! I'll get back to you.

[fareaster]

Some of the Ferrari's of the '70's/80's had the same steering gear as the mini, only difference was the price...

[RicksAlfas]

My Alfa back lights are shared with....an Iso Bizzarini.

Which doesn't help in the slightest!