Green spark plug company

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Are they still trading ? Everything on there website seems out of stock ! ….Shirley
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Maybe not, dead, but probably dying.
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were they bought a awhile ago ? Maybe overstretched ?
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Shame, they seem to be one of the few online retailers for this sort of thing. I was looking to buy my HT leads etc from them because I've not been able to find any others that do it by the meter. Or sell the means to make the innards of the plug caps (unless you go Amazon which I'm not keen on...)
Of course I know what a dipstick is, you get called something often enough you look it up!
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InnoCooperExport wrote: Wed Mar 19, 2025 11:40 am Shame, they seem to be one of the few online retailers for this sort of thing. I was looking to buy my HT leads etc from them because I've not been able to find any others that do it by the meter. Or sell the means to make the innards of the plug caps (unless you go Amazon which I'm not keen on...)
Try https://www.autoelectricsupplies.co.uk they sell by the metre and ship worldwide. I have used them for many years.
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InnoCooperExport wrote: Wed Mar 19, 2025 11:40 am Shame, they seem to be one of the few online retailers for this sort of thing. I was looking to buy my HT leads etc from them because I've not been able to find any others that do it by the meter. Or sell the means to make the innards of the plug caps (unless you go Amazon which I'm not keen on...)
No, Tim Green & his lad are still the directors.

I reckon they just grew too fast & now the classic car crash has happened, the business has run out of steam. It's a great shame, but they have been heading that way for a year or more.
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I recall Mark F raising a red flag over them about a year or two back.
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Herbert850 wrote: Wed Mar 19, 2025 3:28 pm
InnoCooperExport wrote: Wed Mar 19, 2025 11:40 am Shame, they seem to be one of the few online retailers for this sort of thing. I was looking to buy my HT leads etc from them because I've not been able to find any others that do it by the meter. Or sell the means to make the innards of the plug caps (unless you go Amazon which I'm not keen on...)
No, Tim Green & his lad are still the directors.

I reckon they just grew too fast & now the classic car crash has happened, the business has run out of steam. It's a great shame, but they have been heading that way for a year or more.
Where is this Classic Car (Market) Crash of which you speak?
Where are all the cheap cars?
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You obviously aren't looking too hard. Or speaking to anyone in the industry.
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Sad to read this I was just about to put an order in. :(
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Herbert850 wrote: Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:10 am You obviously aren't looking too hard. Or speaking to anyone in the industry.
:lol: Thanks for biting!
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I bought stuff from them late last year I think. Some cables and spark fitting.

A pity they are with some trouble :( bad times for general automotive industry.
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Herbert850 wrote: Wed Mar 19, 2025 3:28 pm
No, Tim Green & his lad are still the directors.

I reckon they just grew too fast & now the classic car crash has happened, the business has run out of steam. It's a great shame, but they have been heading that way for a year or more.
No what? I don't recall saying anything about any directors or change of ownership...
Of course I know what a dipstick is, you get called something often enough you look it up!
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