Well, I finally did it – the store is up to date. OK – for the most part… I still have a few things to photograph and add, but we are LIGHT YEARS ahead of where we were 48 hours ago!
And I did it again – I spent MANY hours this past week and weekend when I should have been sleeping doing a MAJOR overhaul to the website as far as identification and sales of the panels we fabricate is concerned. Here are the Highlights:
- I added a new section called the “Online Catalog.” This looks alot like the other blog entries, but is broken down into a dozen categories of the groups of panels we make here. Each section shows full-color, high-definition photos of the part, and a detailed description of where it goes, how it is formed, and includes the Jaguar Part #’s wherever possible. I think you will find that these pages are easy to follow, and even informative!
- Next, I did a total overhaul on the online store – which I’ll admit, was LONG overdue… Now (with a few exceptions), the store contains the panels that we make here with up to date pricing – LOTS of new products!
- Frequent blog readers will be happy to hear that I also updated the module that shows items for sale along the RH side of the website. Lets face it, this has been stagnant for a LONG time, with some pretty boring products… Now, I’ve tried to show a good mix over there, highlighting some of the more popular pieces.
- Another new feature is the offering of discounted “kits” for panels that are frequently purchased together. If you are replacing sills, you typically need ALL of the closing panels – that’s now a kit. I’ve also put together kits for rebuilding the heater, and for converting later Series cars to covered headlights. Finally, I am in the process of offering the “hidden subframe” as a kit either with or without the tubing itself – watch for that in the coming weeks!
- Next, I did a complete “re-org” of the parts department, with all new bins! For a guy who LIKES to be neat and organized (but rarely has the time!) this was a nice treat!
- Finally, I updated several pages throughout the website with easy access links to both the new catalog and the online store. They look like this:
Click Here to view our NEW Online Panel Catalog!
Click Here to purchase panels in our Online Store!
But I’m and old-fashioned guy at heart, and if you are too, you can still just pick up the phone and call with your order! We will pull it together and send out a PayPal Invoice and then ship it out. That really works great – we get to have a good conversation about what you’re trying to do and I can help out and steer you in the right direction for what I think is the best way to make the needed repairs.
OR – some customers just email photos and basically say, “I need whatever I need to fix THIS!” – and you can do that too! Sometimes it’s one small panel or area that results in one part, other times it’s a couple dozen photos of a really tired E-Type and I send them everything they need at once.
But that doesn’t mean that I shouldn’t have a great online store – and I think that we are FINALLY on our way there! Sorry for the delay – the problem has been the time and effort it takes to build it – I’m too busy building E-Types!
Enjoy all of the new information – hope you like the changes, and are maybe even able to learn something new! – Chuck
