Aftermarket October 2022

NEWS 6 AFTERMARKET OCTOBER 2022 www.aftermarketonline.net A new video from DENSO has been produced in association with its motorsport partner Toyota Gazoo Racing to show the importance of efficient thermal management and the impact of hybridisation, using the high pressure environment of the World Rally Championship as an example. Toyota Gazoo Racing Technical Director Tom Fowler observed: “Heat management is always a balancing act because of the range of temperatures, altitudes and different conditions we see in the sport of rally, So, we need to develop a car with the minimum number of different parts that, because of the technical regulations, can be adapted to all of the conditions we will see during the hugely variable special stages throughout the season.” Much of the development work was undertaken at the DENSO Thermal Systems R&D facility in Italy. On how this work feeds into the overall parts offering, DENSO Europe, Pan European Strategic Marketing Manager Fatiha Laauich observed: “This professionalism and dedication to OE quality is also carried over into DENSO’s aftermarket programme.” To view the video, go to: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRTnZRPEBHI DENSO: Rallying to the thermal management cause Oasis’ Rolls-Royce: D’you know where it is? A quarter of a century on from the launch of the third Oasis album, Be Here Now, which was released 25 years ago on 21 August 1997, esteemed rock photographer Michael Spencer Jones is on a mission to find the white Rolls-Royce he used on the album cover. In 1997, Michael borrowed the 1972 Silver Shadow from Leicestershire-based Flying Spares, the world’s largest independent supplier of Rolls-Royce and Bentley parts. It was sold the following year at a music memorabilia auction for £1,200. There, the trail goes cold. To help jog people’s memory, Michael has released previously unseen pictures from the photoshoot at Stocks House in Hertfordshire, notorious for its celebrity-packed 1970s Playboy parties. He recently posted on Twitter that he’d be interested in buying the car - if it still exists. While Oasis changed the number plate to SYO 724F – a nod to The Beatles as that was the registration of the police van on the cover of their 1969 album Abbey Road – the actual vehicle registration is MDH 119K. Neil Arman, Director of Flying Spares, said: “Even classic Rolls- Royces and Bentleys can lie forgotten under dusty sheets in garages – we call them barn finds – and this one has the kudos of being a piece of Britpop history. We’d love to help Michael Spencer Jones to locate it, or at least find out what happened to it.” If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of MDH 119K, call Flying Spares on 01455 292949 or email sales@flyingspares.co.uk LKQ Euro Car Parts raise funds for Ukraine Staff at LKQ Euro Car Parts have raised over £35,000 to support the relief effort in Ukraine, funding the purchase and delivery of two ambulances, with efforts ongoing to buy more. Led by Dawid Kozlowski, an Inventory Analyst at the business’s Tamworth headquarters, the initial ambition was to raise money to replace the 50-year-old ambulance at the local hospital in Shepitivka, in Western Ukraine, but enough was raised to buy one for the hospital in nearby Szarogord, too. Richard Morgan, Chief Supply Chain Officer at LKQ Euro Car Parts, who helped Dawid and others drive the ambulances to Ukraine, said: “Dawid’s efforts are humbling and inspiring – and so is the response he has had from Ukraine. On behalf of the leadership team here, I would like to share my respect for the courage of our colleagues and their families in Ukraine, who we continue to provide with support and assistance.” He is continuing to raise funds to support the purchase of another two ambulances, via his gofundme page: https://gofund.me/4cbb8647