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Re: [Mgs] fan belt 56 MGA

To: Barrie Robinson <barrob@bell.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] fan belt 56 MGA
From: Peter Chast <pchastnow@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 17:32:16 -0400
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When I worked at Parts America we had a rack of catalogs as backup.
We could get almost anything for anyone including custom parts.

When they were bought out those valuable catalogs soon disappeared.
I started buying from competitors and on line then.

On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 4:22 PM Barrie Robinson <barrob@bell.net> wrote:

> Hello Eric,
>
> I loved that about visiting a parts store that knows its onions.  We had a
> great place in Barrie - even stocked BSF fasteners.   They got bought out
> by a 'chain' outfit.  Last time I went in for a couple of bolts they had to
> know what car it was for and poised over the keyboard.  I laugh at their
> expression when I tell them !!!!!
>
> Barrie
> AMF Club
>
> On 8/15/2020 2:28 PM, Eric Russell wrote:
>
> If you have a fan belt (that fits), take it to an auto parts store and ask
> for one the same size. If they want to look it up in their computer leave
> and go to a real auto parts store.
>
> If you don't have one that fits, run a cloth tape measure around the
> pulleys (with the generator about 1/3rd to 1/2 away from the block), note
> the total length and go to the auto parts store (the one that doesn't need
> a computer for everything) and ask for one that length.
>
> Eric Russell
> Mebane, NC
>
> Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 09:52:04 -0500
> From: "dave" <dave@ranteer.com> <dave@ranteer.com>
> To: <mgs@autox.team.net> <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Mgs] fan belt 56 MGA
>
> Anyone have a part number I can get at a local parts store for the fan
> belt
> for 56 MGA?
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">When I worked at Parts America we had a r=
ack of catalogs as backup.<div>We could get almost anything for anyone incl=
uding custom parts.</div><div><br><div>When they were bought out those valu=
able catalogs soon disappeared.</div><div>I started buying from competitors=
=C2=A0and on line then.</div></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><di=
v dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 4:22 PM Barrie R=
obinson &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:barrob@bell.net";>barrob@bell.net</a>&gt; wrot=
e:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0=
.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
 =20
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  <div>
    <font size=3D"-1"><font face=3D"Arial">Hello Eric,<br>
        <br>
        I loved that about visiting a parts store that knows its
        onions.=C2=A0 We had a great place in Barrie - even stocked BSF
        fasteners.=C2=A0=C2=A0 They got bought out by a &#39;chain&#39; out=
fit.=C2=A0 Last time
        I went in for a couple of bolts they had to know what car it was
        for and poised over the keyboard.=C2=A0 I laugh at their expression
        when I tell them !!!!!=C2=A0=C2=A0 <br>
        <br>
        Barrie<br>
        AMF Club<br>
      </font></font><br>
    <div>On 8/15/2020 2:28 PM, Eric Russell
      wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type=3D"cite">If you
      have a fan belt (that fits), take it to an auto parts store and
      ask for one the same size. If they want to look it up in their
      computer leave and go to a real auto parts store.
      <br>
      <br>
      If you don&#39;t have one that fits, run a cloth tape measure around
      the pulleys (with the generator about 1/3rd to 1/2 away from the
      block), note the total length and go to the auto parts store (the
      one that doesn&#39;t need a computer for everything) and ask for one
      that length.
      <br>
      <br>
      Eric Russell
      <br>
      Mebane, NC
      <br>
      <blockquote type=3D"cite">Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 09:52:04 -0500
        <br>
        From: &quot;dave&quot; <a href=3D"mailto:dave@ranteer.com"; target=
=3D"_blank">&lt;dave@ranteer.com&gt;</a>
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        To: <a href=3D"mailto:mgs@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank">&lt;mgs=
@autox.team.net&gt;</a>
        <br>
        Subject: [Mgs] fan belt 56 MGA
        <br>
        <br>
        Anyone have a part number I can get at a local parts store for
        the fan belt
        <br>
        for 56 MGA?
        <br>
      </blockquote>
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