heart to heart with them. I assured me that I would have all my kits no later than next Thursday. When I get in the office Tuesday, I will also make sure that there is nothing else that we have shorted him. If so, I will see that whatever it may be ships ASAP!! Mr. Hamilton has been over patient with us and I can't tell you how disappointing it was having to have the talk I did with the manufacture. Believe it or not, we have 1 order that is older than his. Not that it make it right. I will call Rusty on Tuesday after I make a follow up call about my Friday meeting. 05-29-12 @5:13pm I received a call from JAMCO. It was a fellow by the name of MIKE (he is now the middle man and new on the scene) Now Mike proceeds to inform me of the mishap at Jamco and its suppliers and how he would get it straight and JIM would call me tomorrow with more information when Jim gets back from the supplier. And there was no excuse but they never let a purchase order for the LSK 4950 kit (rear leaf spring kit) and it was the firs he knew of said kit however he would take care of that and get a PO out today. 05-30-12@5:17pm Mike called (no it wasn't Jim) and again he said they had dropped the ball and didn't issue a PO for the LSK4950 kit but that it would ship no later than Friday. The front spindle and rotors according to the supplier had been sent however they couldn't show any proof of that so Mike said they would get those sent out no later than the following Friday. 06-01-12 and that I should receive them on or about the 0606-12. The lower A-arms were in the vehicle with Jim on his return from the build shop and the upper a-arms would be picked up Friday June 1st. The shocks would be with the a-arms and the spindles would be picked up and mailed Friday.
package leaving Ontario CA. would be arriving at my location on 06-06-12. its contents were listed as a-arms, front & rear shocks, shackles, and bump stops. UPS has it together when it comes to business. Flash forward the package did arrive on 06-0712 minus the front & rear shocks and no shackles. I called Jamco left voice mail and ask them to call me back with info. I also e-mailed them with the info about the shipment and sent a picture of the received goods. No response as of yet,, 06-12-12. The name of the supplier on the box------CPP Classic Performance Parts, 175 East Freedom Avenue, Anaheim CA 92801. ph# 800-522-5004. They do mostly trifive parts as best I can tell by their web site.
After receiving and e-mail of the article to be printed, JIM put a man (MIKE B) on the job to trace down the problem I would suppose. Mike so far has done a pretty decent job of getting the parts located and shipped out. I don't know the relationship with their suppliers but apparently some suppliers are super procrastinators or they loose the order sheets. I'm of the impression that Jamco Suspensions doesn't actually build or manufacture parts but locate parts for those who have no clue where to find the parts. That is a viable service for weekend builders however the time factor is an issue for builders and shop owners. Either way apparently the drive gear is in low. As of this printing I'm still short the FORD Granada front spindle/rotor/brake assemblies and the remainder of the LSK4950 kit (leaf springs, bushings, u-bolts) and its hardware, This leaves an opening for a follow up story for next month. Not exactly the story I had in mind but Jamco is furnishing the material for the stories to come about the 1949 FORD coupe. Meanwhile I have a few boxes of parts that are useless less the sum of all parts. And I'm not driving.
Rusty
05-31-12 I received conformation from UPS that a
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