Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 15:23:49 -0700
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From: Jeff at Vanagonparts <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
Subject: Re: Bus Depot - What Kind of Policy is This?
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Yep. Never heard of them, but they pretty much fit the OEM provider description I gave earlier.
Cheers,
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of 80 Westy Pokey
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 2:53 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Bus Depot - What Kind of Policy is This?
I can't speak for the '84, but I just bought wires for
my '86 from Bus Depot and they are made by Preco:
www.prencocorp.com
There are two part numbers on it:
35-77332
251 998 031 B
Thanks,
Chris
---- Original message ----
>Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 14:18:11 -0700
>From: Jeff at Vanagonparts <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
>Subject: Re: Bus Depot - What Kind of Policy is This?
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>It's pretty standard stuff. A lot of OEM manufacturers
will sell their
>items through private channels after removing all
identifying marks from the
>parts. This goes from the simple, a marker pen over the
imprinted name, to
>the extreme, grinding off the identifying marks.
>
>These manufacturers have exclusive agreements to supply OEM
products to the
>vehicle manufacturers, the removal of the marks is a way
for them to work
>around these agreements.
>
>BTW: those plug wires are probably made by Beru.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Jeff
>www.vanagonparts.com
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List
[mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
>Of karen d
>Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 8:35 AM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Bus Depot - What Kind of Policy is This?
>
>
>I sent Bus Depot a message asking who made their $39.95
spark plug wires for
>my 84 westy. Got message back that they had to research.
Then never heard
>back from Bus Depot. I sent 2 more msgs and still no
reply. That was a few
>weeks back. Out of curosity, I sent another msg and this
is what I got
>back:
>
>I am sorry that it took this long for an answer. We needed
to do a
>little
>research before we emailed you back. According to our
contact agreement
>we
>can not disclose the manufacturer of the plug wires.
However, we can
>tell
>you that they are made by an original supplier to VW I hope
this
>information
>can help you.
>
>
>Why would Bus Depot sign such a contract? Does this mean
they are made by
>Bosch but Bosch also sells them to Bus Depot at a higher
price so that is
>why such a contract exists? If it is Bosch...then do they
use the same wire
>on both but the cheaper version uses cheaper connectors on
the ends?
>
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