H D Rogers

[SAREK]

Can anyone tell me if H D Rogers is still doing business? I ordered 4 wheel caps from their website, my CC shows that the charge has gone thru, but I can't reach them by phone (diconnected?) No answer to emails either?? WHAT'S up?? HELP!!!

[mbouse]

Hi, and welcome to the forum. Which Fiat Spider do you own? Got any pictures?

I never heard of this vendor

[So Cal Mark]

I never heard of them either

[SAREK]

Thanks for the welcome! Mine is a 1980 Fiat Spider 2000 FI, sorry no photos but will try to post some soon. It came out of Plano TX several years ago, and is black w/tan interior, now residing in Massachusetts. The website is http://www.HDRogers.com and is DBA "Classic Auto Spares" located in Bossier City Louisiana USA. Ring a bell with anybody?

[kristoj]

Welcome to the site! I have never heard of them either.

[SAREK]

Finally received a email response, owner checking on status of order & will get back to me. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

[So Cal Mark]

Brad Artigue is in Louisiana, maybe he knows of them

[mbouse]

in my experience, any reputable credit card seller won't ding your account until actual shipment... in which case he should be able to provide you with a tracking number, so you can get with the carrier and find the package, and estimate delivery time.

[SAREK]

Situation finally resolved. Heard back from vendor with explanation & apology. Item out of stock & won't be getting anymore. He reversed the charge on my CC, so at least I got my money back. Alls well that ends well!

[So Cal Mark]

what caps are you trying to find? any pics and dimensions?

[SAREK]

Sorry I couldn't reply earlier. I work for the local Electric Company & we've been busy with storm related outages due to the Hurricane(s). Nothing serious luckily. As for my wheels, they are Cromodora Mags 13X5J, I believe they are CD-3, although I can't find a marking for this. They look identical to the 1st Cromodora wheel found on the Wall of Wheels on the C. Obert & Co. website. It says they use wheel cap #4150453, but no picture is available. The center cap should be about 6 inches. Any help on this?

[bradartigue]

There a lot of places who claim to have FIAT parts but in reality they have some dusty catalog from IPA. Stick with the known vendors - the ones with a "real" web presence - Chris Obert, Vick Autosports, IAP - and the catalog guys (have websites but not in the online catalog sense) - Bruce's, Bayless.