From: Gary Futrell <gary-futrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Hey Neal, hey Neal!!! nuts?(no lug nuts)
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 05:40:33 -0700 (PDT)
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You're right Wally, it's the staff. My local
O'Reilly's staff has even told me I should get a newer
car. They just roll their eyes when I ask for parts
for a 64. Of course, their staff is still dealing with
ACNE!! We have a local auto parts store that has been
in town since 1910 with some guys that are 40 and up
and they'll bend over backwards for you. They even
bent some new brake lines for my 64. That's where I
always try to go, if they can get the parts.
Gary
-> Hi
> It apears to be the staff and not the store
> that makes a difference,
> the NAPA store
> here is freakin useless, the Last time I was in
> there I was gonna buy all of
> the parts for the disc brake conversion
> (rotors,calipers,hoses,pin
> kits,bearings,seals,masters) for both my car (63
> Dodge) and my son's car (64
> Dodge) . So I wander in with my list in hand, I had
> everthing identified
> with EIS part numbers ,the counter putz looks my
> list over and asks whose
> part numbers they were ,so I tell him and he says
> "who is EIS", I 'm a bit
> surprised as EIS is almost older than dirt and he
> says they don't carry
> EIS,so I says I don't give a hoot who he gets the
> parts from, if its Wagner
> or Bendix cross 'em over and get 'em no sweat. Well
> he sort of pages through
> (and this is right in front of me!) his cross
> reference book in a sort of
> uninterested manner and calls out to his other
> counter putz if he ever
> crossed over anything from EIS,the other guy says
> no,he never heard of EIS .
> The guy just looks up at me and says he can't get
> any of it. Well ' I just
> about flip, I says "you never even tried", and I
> mention if the EIS numbers
> are to hard for him he should try by
> application...blank stare from him, I
> tell 'em that about $600 bucks worth of parts sales
> are about to walk out
> the door (me) ,no real concern shown on his part ,
> I'm at the door now and
> say "Last chance" still no real response out of the
> idiot so I leave,never
> to return!
> Another independant outfit called "Hood" autoparts
> offered an enthusiastic
> response and had everthing within a day without any
> excuses! So for me the
> local NAPA has become invisible! Just thought I'd
> share!
>
> Wally
> 63 Dodge
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Watters" <tomwatters@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>;
> <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 11:50 PM
> Subject: RE: Hey Neal, hey Neal!!! nuts?(no lug
> nuts)
>
>
>
> I wont even go into the autozone in my town. I try
> Checkers first, as
> they have a couple of mopar guys that know their
> stuff. Carquest is
> close, then NAPA. Both have knowlegeabe parts guys
> and can find some of
> the harder to find less standard parts. Advanced is
> last try cuz they
> are all the way acrossed town near NAPA.
>
> Every time I've gone to autozone in the last few
> years, they dont have
> what I need. One very masculine counter-gal told
> me, I should get rid of
> my gas guzzler and it wasnt worth the money to even
> special order the
> part. That was one of the last straw's. Now, if I
> want to get a 6"
> fart-pipe to put on my dart, they have about 20
> different ones to choose
> from...
>
>
> On Wed, 12 May 2004 15:18:49 -0700, "Robert neal
> zimmerman"
> <northwestweirdo@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>
> > > I kind of like Autozone. They often have stuff
> there on the shelf that
> iwould have to wait a day or two to get elsewhere.
> > I also like their lifetime warranty on stuff,
> thats so cool, I have a
> > starter for my 318 poly ,and a water pump,;
> plus a water pump for my
> > dodge work truck. They dont cost anymore than
> anywhere else and I dont
> > have to ever worry about BUYING one again, its
> all taken care of.
> > Gonna see if that would apply to a MP crate
> hemi if I got one through
> > them!
> >
> > The place I cant stand is Schucks, worst place
> I have ever been,
> > maybe thats just the one here in town, but
> they should call themself
> > Sucks. SLOW, apathetic and unknowledgable,
> kind of like me.
> >
> > Neal ZImmerman, Eugene oregon
> >
> > --
> Tom
> 65 Dart GT 'vert
> 68 Plymouth 'vert
> Longmont, CO
>
>
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