The best clerk by far at our local small town NAPA store is a woman in her
thirties named Joy. She knows more than all the other guys put together,
and if she doesn't know she'll find out. The only way to get the ol' grey
haired fat guy, Marv, to open a parts book is to put a donut on a fishing
line and dangle it over the book.
--Roger van Hoy
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From: CenturyLink Customer
Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2015 1:29 PM
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Needed: 57 Dual Point Distributor Vacuum Advance
Or find a parts store that has a good stash of old parts books. Nowadays, if
it isn't in the computer, it never existed. Just for fun you can also ask
for part for a Datsun. Many folks don't recall it was the early version of
Nissan. Not that I drive either.
Dan C
Ocean Shores, WA
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From: paul <paulholm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sat, 05 Sep 2015 15:34:29 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Needed: 57 Dual Point Distributor Vacuum Advance
On 9/5/2015 1:49 PM, CenturyLink Customer wrote:
Same for AMC/Ramblers. The counter guys would ask what company made
them. That is why I like to see a counter person (and airline pilots)
with gray or white hair.
----- Original Message -----
From: Brent Burger <cgico@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sat, 05 Sep 2015 12:40:31 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Needed: 57 Dual Point Distributor Vacuum Advance
Do what I do, and just walk into any auto parts store and tell them
you need a part for
your DeSoto. You will swear you just shot them with a Stupid Gun …. if
you get any
response at all, it will be some minor scratching at the surface about
"having heard of
those”, but all function of parts searching will stop right there !
I think you are on the right track in finding latter-day interchange
numbers. Don’t even
mention what it fits outside the Forward Look crowd !
Good luck on your search.
B.
About 13 years ago I went to an All-Mopar Performance swap meet.
The only thing I saw there the vintage I was looking for were a
few First Gen Hemi sparkplug tubes. Just for snits an grins I bought
one and once home I polished it up a lot. It Looked Mighty 'Oh Look,
Shiney stuff' and hung it from the rear view mirror of my Hodge Podge
Dodge 'FrankinTruck'.
One day on a lark while out looking for parts for wifypoo's car I
grabbed the dangling sparkytube and took it in with me. I asked the
idling parts folks bunched up behind the counter for a gasket for this!
Only One of them knew what it was, and Jups!, it were a gray hair
adorned older gent.
--
Paul Holmgren
If you think Space is the Final Frontier,
You should see my Garage!
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