i like rock auto as well once you set up a profile they send you special closeout deals for your cars,,,,but at my local napa when i buy something there i tell them put it on one of there local accounts then pay cash for it usally they don't care,savings is around 15% --- On Tue, 5/18/10, Gary Wilson <Gwwilson67@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Gary Wilson <Gwwilson67@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Parts > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 11:05 PM > Check Rock Auto online. I have very > good luck with them and so far the parts have been the right > one. You can also talk to some one on the land line. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Ollie <satellite1965@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tue, May 18, 2010 7:21:31 PM > Subject: Re: Parts > > > Think that is correct Herb. The other day wife went to NAPA > to pick up a belt I had called about. I always talk to Steve > and he gave me a price. Wife talked to somebody else on her > arrival and gave them a part #, It was more than I told her. > Steve made it correct in a matter of seconds. > I think we all agree it is the personal that make the > store. At your average parts store you at the mercy of an > idiot. > > Jim, those prices I did get off the internet and then > called the store for availability.....of course they had to > order it, but it was the same price as on the internet. > I am personally not to keen on Auto Zone for alot of parts, > don't think the quality is there. But for alot of other > stuff I find them a bit cheaper. > > My cousin owns a auto repair shop and he says "I will push > my Ford before I buy a part from Auto Zone" He is a Ford > man. Herb met him in Branson last year, loves a Mopar Show > but wears his Ford hat. He built my 440 and its still loves > to hop. > Ollie > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herb" <zephyr9900@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 8:44 PM > Subject: RE: Parts > > > > > Bingo you are completely correct John there is pink, blue > & yellow pricing I > might have the colors wrong but your right, worked at a > part store on the > side and that was the first thing they showed me. Better > customer better > pricing! Not long ago I needed a high beam for my 63 Fury > and AutoZone > informed me that they don't make them any more that I > needed to go to a junk > yard to find one. Stunned, I asked for the manager and > was told the same > thing they don't make parts for that old of a car > anymore. When I explained > that all older cars with four round headlights are the same > well into the > 70s, his reply was that he had been doing this for fifteen > years and was > sure he new more than some weekend mechanic. So I smiled > and went across > the street to Walmart and purchased all 4. To say the > least I highly > recommend people not go to the AutoZone in O'Fallon, > Missouri. Nothing but > knuckleheads working their. If it is not in the computer > it is not made, > funny part is they do have the books but know one knows how > to use them. > Sorry off the soap box. > > > Herb > > 1956 Plymouth Belvedere 361 > 1959 Coronet 326 Poly > 1961 Belvedere Custom Suburban 318 Poly > 1962 Dodge Dart 225 Slant Six > 1963 Fury 2D/HT 6.1L > 1963 Sport Fury Convertible 361 > 1999 Durango SLT 5.9L > 2008 SRT-8 Magnum 6.1L > St. Louis, MO. > > http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/mmo42009.html > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: John > Date: 5/18/2010 3:21:11 PM > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Parts > > > > Jim, My brother in-law owned a private parts store for 25 > years, he could > have sold a part for about three different prices. If you > were a friend or a > frequent customer, you would get a better price. then if > you were a stranger > In my experience here in New Jersey, It seems the chain > stores hire people > that are cheep and don't know a chevy to a ford. If it's > not in the computer > it doesn't excise. Where my b in law had parts books that > went back to the > sixtys. John Wask.. > > > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > > From: jaltemoose@xxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: Parts > > Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 15:41:46 -0400 > > > > ${top_text_ad} > > Ollie, > > > > Were these internet or store prices? I wonder if > there's a difference > > from store to store. I ask because I've been happy > with my > > neighborhood NAPA (Smithtown, Long Island) for years > and am very > > loyal. Prices always seem good, and the old veterans > who run it > > certainly are more knowledgeable than the chains. I > wonder if they're > > franchised and different owners charge different > prices. > > > > Plus Ron Capps is my favorite racer ;) > > > > - Jim > > Jim Altemose, Long Island, NY > > '63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge) > > '63 Polara 500 (383) > > '65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge) > > '71 Bronco > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail > accounts with > Hotmail. > http://www.windowslive > com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-U > :WM_HMP:042010_4 > -- > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ---- > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one > person -- > directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car > transactions and negotiations > as well as other personal messages only to the intended > recipient, not to > the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect > your privacy, > reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content > signal to Mopar > topic. Thanks! > > 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and > http://www > 1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ---- > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one > person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car > transactions and negotiations as well as other personal > messages only to the intended recipient, not to the > Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your > privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the > content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! > > 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. > > > ---- > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one > person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car > transactions and negotiations as well as other personal > messages only to the intended recipient, not to the > Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your > privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the > content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! > > 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. > > > > >