MGC..classic engine rebuild

[275 GTB-4]

A friend is rebuilding an MGC 6 cylinder engine. Most components have been sourced (after a lot of research and great difficulty)....for example, a well known Australian piston supplier was recently taken over and guess what? The people who had all the corporate knowledge were set aside and the operation moved interstate...the company may never recover.

The OEM market is being flooded by cheap crap from countries not normally complimented for their engineering excellence

A further complication is that trusted, tradional suppliers are sourcing parts from these not so excellent parts suppliers...for example, a firm which shares their name with an english knight considered very unlucky not to be a world drivers champion.

To be specific, timing chains and oil pumps are the main concern for my friend at the moment (they are too important to take chances with!) so....

Can anyone recommend a reputable, reliable, trustworthy source of MGC engine parts anywhere in the world?? Thanks in anticipation.

I'm sure this issue can be related to a number of Marques...quite sad really.