Re: [FWDLK] Fw: Atlas Obsolete Parts

[Glenn Barrat <fury@xxxxxxxxxx>]

...ditto for their battery hold down frames for 57/58 Plymouth. Not very accuate
repro's and not very cheap either.
Glenn Barratt,
57 Fury,
Auckland, New Zealand.

Robert Bishop wrote:

> ...ditto for their "reproduction" battery cables for 50's MoPars.  These are
> claimed to be faithful reproductions of the originals but in reality they're
> not very close.  And not very cheap either.
>
> Robert
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edward X. Petrus <desoto@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, March 23, 2001 1:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Fw: Atlas Obsolete Parts
>
> >Just a quick comment about Atlas Obsolete Parts.  Yes, they have quite a
> >lot of items for our cars, and they are quite pricey on many of them.  Some
> >of the items "will work" but are not exact duplicates of original.  For
> >example, the power steering hose I ordered for my '57 DeSoto would have
> >been quite functional, but has different-looking "ends", is the wrong
> >length, and has bends in the metal parts quite unlike the original.  When I
> >commented to AOP on this, they said they would take a return if I wanted,
> >but good luck finding the correct "looking" part.  I ended up having the
> >hose custom made locally....
> >
> >Only a concern if you want your car to look original.....
> >
> >Ed Petrus