EXHIBIT 23.18
                        CONSENT TO BE NAMED AS A DIRECTOR

                                       OF

                         TRANSPORTATION COMPONENTS, INC.

        The undersigned hereby consents to be named as a director of
Transportation Components Inc. (the "Company") in the Registration Statement on
Form S-1 to be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Dated: April __,  1998

                                            By: /s/ I. T. Corley
                                            Name:  I. T. Corley