John Hervey Parts

[Trstno1]

Just curious..... Did anyone purchase all of John Hervey’s delorean part inventory after his passing? I would still like to get my hands on one of his SS air filter boxes.

But more importantly, I was wondering where it all went or if it just sits in a garage somewhere....

Anyone know?

[Patrick C]

I don’t think he had those SS air filter boxes in stock for the last decade. And I also recall hearing they didn’t seal well anyway.

[Josh]

I don’t think he had those SS air filter boxes in stock for the last decade. And I also recall hearing they didn’t seal well anyway.

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[FABombjoy]

...and they're only going to heat soak your intake air, and they aren't designed properly for an already crappy PCV system

[Josh]

...and they're only going to heat soak your intake air, and they aren't designed properly for an already crappy PCV system

I hear that heat soak is just a hoax.
Unrelated... why is my car running shitty?

[cdrusn]

Now that you brought it up, I've been waiting for someone to restart the business or at least sell off the inventory which should be substantial. As far as I
know, he was the only vendor to sell seat covers that were like the original, i.e. no wrinkles (and he also had alligator covers). He had a lot of one and only items
for sale, many that were genius in the designing and manufacture. I recently sent him 2 door torsion bars that had snapped and he knew a guy who successfully (so far)
welded each of them back to working order, they are $1000 apiece new. They have taken down their website. Does anyone know them and can get an idea what is going to
happen with left over products and the business.

[sztybel]

I am pretty curious myself as to what happened with inventory. Obviously John had years of knowledge on his web site as well. I have been accessing that part through archive.org


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[louielouie2000]

When I drove past Hervey's operation a couple of years ago, it was being run out of a detached 2-car garage behind his house (with a couple of parts cars sitting out front). I got the impression he ran a "just in time inventory" business; space was extremely limited. I know he was supposed to expand to a stand-alone shop, but I don't know if that came to fruition before his passing. Point being, if John used just in time inventory, he likely kept very few parts on hand. That could explain the turnaround issues he had the past several years, too.

For what it's worth, if John did have any inventory left at the time of his passing, I'd be willing to bet other DeLorean vendors have already reached out by now. I've been around the community for 20+ years... when one DeLorean vendor closes, the others come in behind the scenes and vie to buy up their inventory.

[BABIS]

some months ago his wife was selling some parts on facebook

[r00b]

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