Anyone know if Amayama is shipping to the US right now?

Vandré3000

Vandré3000

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I need to order a new starter relay, and it's not super clear whether Amayama will be able to get it into the US given the pandemic. Has anyone ordered and received parts from them in the last few months?
 
I cancelled my order because it simply stalled leaving Japan. Last month I tried again and I successfully purchased a coolant reservoir for my L400 through Amayama from UAE.
 
Japan Post is still not shipping to the US. You can use DHL, but costs are much higher. No indication on when Japan will resume package delivery.
 
I tried purchasing two parts from Amayama two months ago, and it took them a month to tell me they were undeliverable - not sure if it's covid related or whether they were actually out of stock though.
 
I just got a delivery last week that took a month after it was shipped. The previous delivery in July took just a week to ship.
 
Same experience here on some parts I bought about 3 months ago. However, they were very quick (like 24 hours) to get back to me and inform me that Japan post is not shipping and offered DHL for like $30, or, to cancel my order without penalty. I found them to be super fast and professional about it. I went ahead wiht the order anyway. Showed up in about a week.

Just placed my first Amayama UAE order last week. Went smooth. Parts set to be here Sept. 12.
 
In the old days, ordering from UAE was often cheaper than ordering from them locally. I'm unsure why (even factoring in freight).
 
Megerald said:
In the old days, ordering from UAE was often cheaper than ordering from them locally. I'm unsure why (even factoring in freight).
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For a short time in the 90's I worked in a remarkable auto shop in Denver called Mike's garage. Mike was a Canadian who, in the 1970's was Ferrari's F1 pit crew chief (think Niki Lauda). Filthy rich Shiekh's in the UAE would send us shipping containers filled with run-of-the-mill 308's that they would give to their nieces and nephews as birthday presents, etc.. We'd just do routine maintenance and maybe an occasional water pump rebuild and then ship them back. At the time the UAE had more Ferrari's per capita than anywhere else in the world. Presumably it was cheaper than having them serviced there.
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ccmickelson said:
For a short time in the 90's I worked in a remarkable auto shop in Denver called Mike's garage. Mike was a Canadian who, in the 1970's was Ferrari's F1 pit crew chief (think Niki Lauda). Filthy rich Shiekh's in the UAE would send us shipping containers filled with run-of-the-mill 308's that they would give to their nieces and nephews as birthday presents, etc.. We'd just do routine maintenance and maybe an occasional water pump rebuild and then ship them back. At the time the UAE had more Ferrari's per capita than anywhere else in the world. Presumably it was cheaper than having them serviced there.
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I love that. I've heard the Sultan of Brunei has fine taste in auto's too.
 
i got an email from them yesterday about part selection and then shipping so i would think so too.
 
Not to threadjack, but I just worked on a 308GT a few weeks ago. I did a timing belt on it and the timing marks were a tooth of before I took the belt off. Considering that it ran well and not like it had a tooth off, I re-installed the belt the same way and sent it on its way. I also had to replace the window regulator cable and rollers and discovered in doing so that Ferarris are put together with flat head screws, shit sqaure stock bar, shit welds, and the list goes on. I was appalled but also not surprised.
 
Kellyn said:
Not to threadjack, but I just worked on a 308GT a few weeks ago. I did a timing belt on it and the timing marks were a tooth of before I took the belt off. Considering that it ran well and not like it had a tooth off, I re-installed the belt the same way and sent it on its way. I also had to replace the window regulator cable and rollers and discovered in doing so that Ferarris are put together with flat head screws, shit sqaure stock bar, shit welds, and the list goes on. I was appalled but also not surprised.
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The 308's were a "budget" Ferrari (which is why I got stuck working on them lol). Mike much preferred the pre-70's models (and particularly the 50's open-cockpit racers) but begrudgingly would service the 308's, Mondial's and 400's. Ferrari's in general are difficult to work on because there is so much engine crammed into the bay (sound familiar?)
 
ccmickelson said:
The 308's were a "budget" Ferrari (which is why I got stuck working on them lol). Mike much preferred the pre-70's models (and particularly the 50's open-cockpit racers) but begrudgingly would service the 308's, Mondial's and 400's. Ferrari's in general are difficult to work on because there is so much engine crammed into the bay (sound familiar?)
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Not to mention how difficult it is to work on your 308 without messing up your white linnen pants and mustache....

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detroadster said:
Not to mention how difficult it is to work on your 308 without messing up your white linnen pants and mustache....

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Actually, it wasn't HIS 308... It was Robin Master's Ferrari that Magnum used... And let's not even get into the whole "living in a guest house" aspect of Kato Kaelin's Thomas Magnum's life... :p
 
If I had a dollar for every customer that walked into my shop saying "HEY IT'S THE MAGNUM PI CAR!" I'd be rich. I couldn't wait to get it out of the shop!
 
Kellyn said:
If I had a dollar for every customer that walked into my shop saying "HEY IT'S THE MAGNUM PI CAR!" I'd be rich. I couldn't wait to get it out of the shop!
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... and if I recall, last I worked on one I noticed that the seating position points slightly to the center
 
sck_nogas said:
Actually, it wasn't HIS 308... It was Robin Master's Ferrari that Magnum used... And let's not even get into the whole "living in a guest house" aspect of Kato Kaelin's Thomas Magnum's life... :p
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Yeah, let's be honest, Magnum wasnt turning wrenches on that 308 and risking getting his linen pants dirty or his mustache out of sorts. He was busy shagging hot babes in the guest house while some poor schmuck was sweating in the Hawaiian humidity trying to keep that 308 running.
 
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