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/HUGH H. N. MCCONNELL, JR.
                                    Name: Hugh H. N. McConnell, Jr.