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Re: [oletrucks] Good Luck With Jim Carter

To: Hudson29@aol.com
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Good Luck With Jim Carter
From: ldfinley@juno.com
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 09:37:30 -0500
Paul, this sounds like a good supplier.  How do I contact them to get one
of their catalogues?

Thanks!

Larry
1951 3100
OK City
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On Wed, 13 Oct 1999 17:48:14 EDT Hudson29@aol.com writes:
>    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:
>The Poor Man's Advanced Design Tech Tips Page
>http://home.earthlink.net/~conntest47/
>Fullerton, California USA
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>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 
>1959

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