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1. Finding Parts (score: 1)
Author: Richard Hardison <cobra@airmail.net>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 13:55:10 -0500
New subject name to continue the conversation about finding parts! I got quite a surprise in 1994 when we built a '65 AC Cobra replica which had interesting components like a '78 Lincoln rear end, Co
/html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00082.html (7,963 bytes)

2. finding parts (score: 1)
Author: "Charles Christ" <cfchrist@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 15:17:50 -0000
i have found the hunt/search for parts the most interesting and yet at times the most frustrating part of restoring or reconstructing a car. there are so many knowledgable individuals out there. and
/html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00084.html (7,808 bytes)

3. Re: finding parts (score: 1)
Author: PaceCars@aol.com
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 16:17:04 EDT
I always seem to have cars that don't exist in any parts house computer. Rather than telling them it's off a Devin, Mallock, or whatever its better to just to take the old part in and thell them its
/html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00086.html (7,989 bytes)

4. RE: finding parts (score: 1)
Author: "Larry Hoy" <larryhoy@prodigy.net>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 16:07:20 -0600
I've got to second the "I have better luck at NAPA" comment. While the Checkers of the world provide benefit, if you really need someone that is going to find the part (especially when you don't have
/html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00087.html (9,405 bytes)

5. Re: finding parts (score: 1)
Author: "TONY CLARK" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 17:31:18 -0500
I once had the pleasure of going parts shopping in England with Vic Thomas, founder of the "Historic Lotus Register". His method was to place the required item on the counter and inquire: "I don't su
/html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00088.html (7,918 bytes)

6. RE: finding parts (score: 1)
Author: "Carter Hendricks" <carter@i1.net>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 17:37:39 -0500
great! But why can't Margaret, and her store, get the brake cleaner sale too? It might be a little more expensive, but mostly because the box stores don't pay anyone a living wage and then screw thei
/html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00089.html (8,051 bytes)

7. Re: finding parts (score: 1)
Author: dennis J Shea <djshea11@juno.com>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 20:10:05 -0400
We have Pam at our NAPA store and we are not sure if she Forgot more than we knew or she just never knew it. Dennis ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCE
/html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00090.html (7,553 bytes)

8. RE: finding parts (score: 1)
Author: "Herb Tobin" <herbtobin@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 23:46:27 -0400
Many years ago I was restoring a Type 57 Bugatti for which I needed a fuel pump kit. Mr. Bugatti, in a fit of economy had used a plain vanilla American AC fuel pump on these cars. If you look under t
/html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00092.html (8,215 bytes)

9. RE: finding parts (score: 1)
Author: "James Gambony" <BritBits@tiu.net>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 23:55:57 -0500
It's always fun looking for parts for my '63 Mini Cooper (true Cooper!)... When I first bought the car the rear brakes needed redoing. The counterman at the local import specialist "was sure he didn'
/html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00093.html (9,280 bytes)

10. RE: finding parts (score: 1)
Author: "Roger Sieling" <sarl45@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 08:52:16 -0400
I find my NAPA experience just the opposite. I hate going there, and only as a last resort. They treat everyone very impersonal, take a number please, and absolutely the highest of high prices, unles
/html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00094.html (9,350 bytes)

11. RE: finding parts (score: 1)
Author: "" <greenman62@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 15:12:51
Herb and all, Several a couple of years back I was running Bosche platinum plugs in my street/autocross TR4. I want to my local AutoZone to get a set. Previous ly I had gotten them at a Walmart, in
/html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00098.html (8,721 bytes)

12. RE: finding parts (score: 1)
Author: Calvin Krug <ckrug@laf.cioe.com>
Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 12:07:31 -0600
Several years ago, I was employed one summer at an AutoZone, and at that time, only one or two other counterpeople knew much about cars. I then got a job as a parts guy in a car dealership, then anot
/html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00099.html (8,256 bytes)

13. Re: finding parts (score: 1)
Author: Grant Reynolds <grant62@starpower.net>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 12:16:59 -0400
Surely you have heard the saying, "there's no reason, it's just company Grant Reynolds
/html/vintage-race/2001-05/msg00127.html (9,558 bytes)


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