It sounds like Jim Carter is the place to do business with. I wish that I
had known about Jim Carter before I ordered from Classic Auto Parts in
Oklahoma City. I would strongly discourage anyone from ordering from
Classic Auto Parts.
I have ordered from CLAP two times. Sure you can order on a 800 number but
you must call commercial if there is anything wrong with your order. I had
ordered two tail lamp lens gaskets and only received one ($.95 each). Phone
call to fix = $2.61. Another phone call 14 days later to find out what
happened to the 'fix' = $2.61. Another 14 days to find out the answer to
original question after I was put on hold = $4.35. Maybe I should have gone
ahead and ordered two whole assemblies and saved some coin.
With another order I received a sun visor that was the wrong color with the
second visor on back order along with other stuff. Another call ($4.35) for
a return authorization. They said that the number would come in the mail.
That was Feb 1999 and I am still waiting. I finally got a computer and sent
an e-mail -- no response. Oh yes, they did send me a letter informing me
that my back order was in but I needed to send them another $35.00 before
they would ship (I had placed the order by phone from a catalog they had
sent me one week before)! Then they sent me a sale catalog that had many of
my ordered items cheaper than the original catalog order. I think that they
should have refunded about $10.00 from that order. Oh well!
As Hudson29 says, "Don't get me started!" Just be forewarned. I will never
order anything from CLAP again. Even when I have to pass by the store on
the way to beautiful Norman OK, I won't even stop. I may even detour 50
miles to keep from going by the store.
Nuff Said. I'm off the soap box now.
Durwood
51 5 window 1/2 ton
>From: Hudson29@aol.com
>Reply-To: Hudson29@aol.com
>To: oletrucks@autox.team.net, old-chevy-truck@onelist.com
>Subject: [oletrucks] Good Luck With Jim Carter
>Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 17:48:14 EDT
>
> After a series of bad experiences with Golden State (don't get me
>started!) that we worked over on this list more than a few times, I was in
>the market for some good vendors. I had placed a trouble free order with
>Jim
>Carter a year ago, and decided to try them again, especially as one of our
>listees is Kelly, who works at Jim Carter and contributes to this list.
> I had emailed Kelly <truckexprt@aol.com> some clarifying questions and
>received reasonable replies, so shortly afterward, I placed my order by
>email. I received a quick acknowledgment and a few days later a box from
>Jim
>Carter arrived. Everything that was supposed to be there was, well packed
>and
>in good condition. Unlike so many other vendors we have experience with,
>there were no back ordered items. Kelly had applied the oletrucks discount
>and the paperwork was all correct.
> Two items are worthy of further comment. The first is a used oil
>pressure
>gauge calibrated 0-60 lbs to work with the full pressure 235 when installed
>in a Chevy AD truck. The face has been redone to match the rest of the
>Chevy
>gauges. This is very nice, and I can't wait to install it.
> The second item is the new catalog for the AD trucks. They have
>combined
>the price list with the catalog and made a great number of other
>improvements
>to what was already one of the most useful catalogs in the business. If you
>haven't seen it, Jim has made his catalog part reference book. This book is
>the best single source for restoration information that I know of. Heck, I
>read it before bed a lot of times!
>
>Paul O'Neil, Hudson29@aol.com
>1951 Chevrolet 3600 Pickup Project, See it at:
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>http://home.earthlink.net/~conntest47/
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