North American Aviation salvage was a favorite as was palley Supply. All
kinds of small tanks up the full size belly or drop tanks. Alameda blvd. was
loaded with surplus yards in LA & Wilmington and a couple in Gardena,yeah it
was a rodder haven.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Higginbotham Land Speed Racing" <saltrat@pro-blend.com>
To: "Jim Dincau" <jdincau@qnet.com>; "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>;
"'glen barrett'" <speedtimer@charter.net>; "Rick Hammond"
<r.hammond@sympatico.ca>
Cc: "'wspotter'" <wester6935@home.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: Recips Tale
>
> Jim, I had almost forgotten about Joe Factor.........I bought lots of
parts
> there in past years.
> Skip
>
>
> At 02:18 PM 11/30/01 -0800, Jim Dincau wrote:
> >Almost every nut and bolt in the roadster came from Joe Factors surplus
> >place, I wish it was still there. Ziggy (George Snyder) used to stop
there
> >and fill up every time he was in town.
> >Jim in Palmdale
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Glen;
> >>
> >> I remember back in the very early seventies there used to be some
really
> >> good surplus stores (stuff from Douglas, NAA, etc) over there in the
> >> southern CA area. Too bad they're all gone now. They were a race car
> >> builder's dream.
> >>
> >> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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