A Reliable Service of Used Spares
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Marked Economy Can Result from the Use of Reliable Used Parts
UEAVY costs of replacements frequently cause tne 1 1 employment of otherwise useful vehicles to become an • uneconomic proposition, especially if the machines be of the older type. Similarly, high charges are apt to prevent the smaller operator from maintaining stocks of spare parts. An interesting service that has been planned to provide for these and other situations is that operated
by Used Units, Ltd., Whittlefield Street, off Pacliham Road, Burnley, and Broom Street, off Wakefield Road, Bradford, This work has been carried on for a number of years and has clearly filled a need, for the files show that orders have been executed throughout the country.
All makes of vehicle are dismantled and, after thorough examination, the various components are laid out in bays according to the maker and the production year. Regular calls are received for spates of several years back, and it is necessary To maintain stocks from 1925 in respect of
petrol engines and from 1929-30 for oil engines. Only brief lists are issued for mailing purposes, but a master sheet is kept right up to date and shows the types in stock, together with the prices.
Not only the larger items, but such requirements as brake drums, steering gear, wheel discs and hubs are always ready for' dispatch. In addition, the company handles complete used vehicles of goods and passenger
types, detailed monthly lists being issued. A further branch of the business consists of the manufacture of compressors, electric . welding and • similar outfits; as a number of reconditioned parts are incorporated, the prices are particularly attractive.
It is interesting to learn that large municipal undertakings are among the company's customers.