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Jerry Felper still around? - British Auto Electric #1
Benny Ben E San Diego, CA, USA Sign in to contact 1964 Ford Cortina 1964 Land Rover Series IIA 1965 Ford Cortina 1965 MG MGB & more	Topic Creator (OP) Mar 19, 2018 12:56 PM Top Contributor Joined 18 years ago 7,510 Posts

Does anyone know if Jerry Felper at British Auto Electric in Anaheim is still taking on work?

I sent him an email, but haven’t seen a response. He usually responds very quickly.

I know Jerry is at least in his 70’s, so wondering if he’s still at it?

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Re: Jerry Felper still around? - British Auto Electric #4
Benny Ben E San Diego, CA, USA Sign in to contact 1964 Ford Cortina 1964 Land Rover Series IIA 1965 Ford Cortina 1965 MG MGB & more	Topic Creator (OP) Mar 19, 2018 03:06 PM Top Contributor Joined 18 years ago 7,510 Posts

Thanks guys, I’ll give him some more time to respond to the email, and then give him a call.

Does anyone else feel an anxiety these days about more and more of our specialist suppliers reaching an age where they might just pack it in one day?

I’ve actually found myself buying parts lately that I won’t need for a while, because I’m afraid the guy might be retired when I actually do need it.

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Re: Jerry Felper still around? - British Auto Electric #5
Steve S Abingdon, So Cal, USA Sign in to contact 1925 Ford Model T 1937 MG SA Saloon 1939 Ford V8 1946 Other Not Listed & more	Mar 19, 2018 05:57 PM Top Contributor Joined 19 years ago 22,379 Posts

YES! 90% of my machine shops are gone, because the owners passed away and no one wanted to take over. Especially with the early cars (pre-war through TC) a lot of the specialists are retiring and passing on. There are younger guys taking over, but their prices are much higher for the same service and parts. It's a real problem, in fact probably the most serious problem we face in the hobby today. We are fortunate to have Moss for the newer cars (TD through B), as without them we'd be up a certain creek without a manually operated hydro-acceleration device.

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gorms68 Chris Gorman SoCal, USA Sign in to contact 1966 MG MGB MkI 1967 MG MGB GT	Mar 20, 2018 06:22 PM Joined 16 years ago 908 Posts

Same here.

Hey Ben if you can't reach Jerry let me know I have a shop around the corner that knows "Lucas", maybe not as much as my long time friend Jerry smiling smiley

, but he does good work.

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Benny Ben E San Diego, CA, USA Sign in to contact 1964 Ford Cortina 1964 Land Rover Series IIA 1965 Ford Cortina 1965 MG MGB & more	Topic Creator (OP) Mar 20, 2018 07:35 PM Top Contributor Joined 18 years ago 7,510 Posts

In reply to # 3700873 by gorms68 Hey Ben if you can't reach Jerry let me know I have a shop around the corner that knows "Lucas", maybe not as much as my long time friend Jerry smiling smiley

, but he does good work.

Thanks Chris,

Jerry got back to me today, and the starter is already on its way.

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ddubois Dave DuBois (RIP) Bremerton, WA, USA Sign in to contact	Mar 19, 2018 01:09 PM Joined 18 years ago 7,282 Posts

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Steve S Abingdon, So Cal, USA Sign in to contact 1925 Ford Model T 1937 MG SA Saloon 1939 Ford V8 1946 Other Not Listed & more	Mar 19, 2018 01:34 PM Top Contributor Joined 19 years ago 22,379 Posts

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