I had a similar experience. This exchange took place between me and an
AutoZone employee a while back...
ME: "Hi, I need front and rear transmission seals for a 1958 Plymouth with a
Torqueflite."
AZ: "Hmmm... The computer says there weren't any Plymouths built before
1962."
ME: "The computer is wrong. Do you have a -book- that lists seals? I can
look it up myself, if you'd like."
AZ: "Are you sure it's not a '62?"
ME: "Yes. Very sure."
AZ: "Then it's not a Plymouth. They didn't make them until 1962. What model
is it again?"
ME: "A Savoy. A PLYMOUTH Savoy. 1958."
AZ: "I thought you said it was a 'Witchy Toke Fly' or something..."
ME: "WITH A TORQUEFLITE. The transmission is a Torqueflite. Torqueflite. 3
speed. PLYMOUTH. The model is a Savoy. 1958."
AZ: "Hmmm... 58... 58... Oh! It's an Oldsmobile, not a Plymouth."
ME: "No, I'm very sure it's a Plymouth."
AZ: "Well, it's an Oldsmobile, actually. Like the Ninety-Eight."
ME: "Do you have a manager around here somewhere? Anywhere? Please?"
AZ: "Hmmm.. The computer isn't showing the 3 speed transmission for a 1962
Oldsmobile 98... and they don't list the 98, either..."
ME: "1958... PLYMOUTH... SAVOY... WITH... A... 3... SPEEED... TORQUEFLITE...
TRANSMISSION..."
AZ: "I'm sorry, sir, they didn't make the Plymouth until 1962..."
ME: "LISTEN CAREFULLY. Do you have a manager around here somewhere?"
AZ: "Why? Is there something wrong?"
The manager laughed his butt off for a while, and then helped me look
through the seals one by one, but we didn't find anything close enough.
Never trust a parts store person younger than yourself.
I don't -even- want to go into what it's like every time I have to go get
parts for the DeLorean... you could fill whole books with those stories....
-Dave
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