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Re: [Shop-talk] Shucky darn

To: Eric J Russell <ejrussell@mebtel.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Shucky darn
From: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 23:52:38 -0600
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Eric J Russell <ejrussell@mebtel.net> wrote:
> No experience with vintage Fords but my Chevies (I had a '54 1/2 ton pick up
> & '41 1.5 ton ex-fire engine) were easy to work on and parts were rarely a
> problem.

In the last decade or so, parts for older american cars have gotten a
lot harder to get.  It's not just that the local autoparts stores are
worse, there's also a supply problem.  There used to be a fair number
of suppliers for things like carb rebuild kits or brake shoes, or
window winder knobs, or whatever, who had invested the money in making
the tooling required to produce them, and had them around still,
because it doesn't cost anything to hang some dies from a hook.
They've been closing down, either folding, getting out of car parts,
or moving production elsewhere, and the low volume stuff that only the
old guy knew how to make doesn't follow.    It's not going to get
better.

>


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David Scheidt
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