pep boys people cant find the paint when you paint "PAINT" in 3 foot
letters above the cage....so rather than train the lad to know where the
paint is they remove the sign.
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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 20:49:22 -0800 (PST)
From: Malcolm Walker <walker05@camosun.bc.ca>
To: Bollen <bollen@ibm.net>
cc: Tim Taylor <tim@versa.com>, John Duhart <DUHART@symbol.com>,
Triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: TR6: Ford Fiesta Alternator on a TR6
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Bollen wrote:
> > I know exactly what you mean. I asked at auto zone and said 'Well
can you
> > just look at all the model years and see if it changed?"
> > Answer : "Hungh!"
> > I finnaly gussed and said 1978. They quoted me a $30 price for a
non-bosch
> > Ford Fiesta alternator. Sounds like a deal, but does anyone Know if
this
> > will fit?
> >
> > > John Wrote .... I went to PepBoys yesterday and the guy got
all
> > >pissed off that I didn't know which year car. (how dare I expect
him to
> > >help me!) Another parts store said it looked like it would come
out of a
> > >91-93 Ford Fiesta. Is this correct?
> I owned a 78 Fiesta. There was no 91-93 sold in the USA as far as I
> know. The Fiesta was the same for 78-80, at which time they came out
> with the vastly inferior Escort.
I think there's a Ford Festiva... 91-93 seems about right. It's like
the
Suzuki Forsa (early chev. sprint), probably built by Mazda. Methinks
the
kid at Pep Boys can't read, either :o)
-Malcolm
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