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VW classic parts center to restock the following gearbox parts

Artikel 091 311 301 B - Synchronkörper
Artikel 091 311 145 J - Schaltrad
Artikel 091 301 217 E - Gehäuse
Artikel 094 311 375 - Nadellager

available "shortly"

http://www.vw-classic.net/vwcd_neu/cont ... =sortiment

Yes and Aidan knows exactly where they came from....

Does that mean he gets them cheeper, he knows they are "pooh" or knows they are still about to run out?

What is VW Classic parts? Does it work through dealers? Is it just a way of publisising old stock they still have so they can make sure it runs out, make an atempt at pretending to care for old models or is it actully useful? If VW used their weight to surply important things then its good though the way everything seems to be going obsolete from dealers how does it help?

Land-Rover started a classic parts dept a couple of years ago but from what I've herd its still expencive and quality isn't up to NOS so its just overpriced aftermarket stuff, better to buy from independant specalists. Its main use seems to be for the PR department to show the brand more in touch with its history which helps sell new ones. Personly I've never used it as my landy is "too old" for them to stock bits for it - remind me what a classic is! Maybe they worked out I wouldn't trade it in for a new one even if I had the money so I'm a lost course on their PR.

IIRC, Aidan spent weeks tracking the partsdown and finally getting permission to buy them to find "classic parts" had gone in 2 days before him and got them...

So that'll still mean they are still out of production as far as the surply is conserned then, when they gone they gone?

Syncro G wrote:
What is VW Classic parts? Does it work through dealers? Is it just a way of publisising old stock they still have so they can make sure it runs out, make an atempt at pretending to care for old models or is it actully useful? If VW used their weight to surply important things then its good though the way everything seems to be going obsolete from dealers how does it help?

Can't go through dealers, yes there way of getting rid of "pooh" at top money, very un helpfull.

According to their German website you can ideed go through dealers if you want to.

peasant wrote:According to their German website you can ideed go through dealers if you want to.

You can't in this country, i tried.

When its gone its gone... they are not "manufacturing" it.. its come from an alternative stock of genuine parts that Aidan was trying to get access to for months.....

I'm trying to establish a working relationship with classicparts.de but without much success at the mo, we really need VWG UK to have a dedicated point of contact with them but I don't think I'll be able to persuade them of that though I am trying.

Aidan wrote:I'm trying to establish a working relationship with classicparts.de but without much success at the mo, we really need VWG UK to have a dedicated point of contact with them but I don't think I'll be able to persuade them of that though I am trying.

It will never happen.

as of next week i can buy parts from these guys,cj.