^^^^ I have noticed on eBay that identical parts will be listed for seemingly exorbitant prices on many websites and more normal prices on other websites. I never understand how they continue to get their high prices. Or if they are just, as mentioned, re-selling the parts at high prices as brokers? Seems that if pricing is very open, why would the seller just want to spend money unnecessarily? But it their money they are spending, so as long as everybody's happy and making money . . .
found a big mopar obsolete parts vendor in ga
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Clover
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I knew Frank and he always treated me right. I bought from and sold parts to him for years and never had a problem.
I know who that is. When it comes to "parts", he's "expert" number "1".
I figured he was running some sort of sketchy deal.
I just read the article in the link you posted.
Cardiff, the home of the giant, is about 15 miles away from me, just down Rt20. Cardiff Giant - Wikipedia
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now lives about 15 miles from me
In the past five or so years I've found that I've had to add this to the usual google-fu tricks like surrounding a word in quotes so it only gives you results containing that word etc.
I used to be able to search something like '67 fury rag joint replacement' and it'd come up with actually helpful results like old forum threads etc. but now it's just filled with generic or AI generated articles intended to get viewers to see the ads (they can suck on my adblocker) so I have to append 'forum' or the name of a site I know to actually get relevant results now.
This is likely fakebook's doing - they make it incredibly hard for search engines to crawl through posts and get info, combined with the fact that people have largely moved away from forums and onto facebook groups where useful information seems to get memory-holed after a few days, replaced with endless spam posts or irrelevant questions or stuff for sale posts, and it's easy to see why people despise fakebook for destroying forums.
73Coupe
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That's right. For non fakebookers like me, a search result linking to a FB page wouldn't do me any good because I'm not a member.
F FB.
Yep.
I would not be there, but I hunt cuda's. That is really the only place now to even try to get a "deal".
It rules the resale of old cars. Epay has gone waaay down hill and Craigslist just doesn't get anything anymore. (maybe once in a while).
All while making PEDO ZUCK rich.
I would not be there, but I hunt cuda's. That is really the only place now to even try to get a "deal".
It rules the resale of old cars. Epay has gone waaay down hill and Craigslist just doesn't get anything anymore. (maybe once in a while).
All while making PEDO ZUCK rich.
I've heard that the 5 dollar listing fee they put up killed nearly all the spammers and scammers so while there's far fewer listings, it's apparently far more pleasant to deal with sellers there now.
USSMOPAR
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Microfiche reader makes parts number chasing thru the model years easy, I had a compete system at one time.
Frank originally was in the old mopar car repair business - fixing the numerous old mopars still on the road. In the process he discovered a large demand for the parts for these cars so he started a parts business. He had a parts sub system - a 3x5 card system that would show where and or how to take a part an use it for other applications - ie headlight switch, hemi carb parts - and sell it as NOS. Napa and other suppliers back on the 80s and 90s sold many parts that were identical to the mopar nos parts........
Chrysler took Frank to court because they were mad at him for a number of reasons. He had discovered that chrysler was cancelling parts that were selling - this was against corporate policy of the times - and he was communicating his displeasure with the mothership about this as he was selling a boatload of the parts they were cancelling. Most fail to understand how big Frank was in mopar parts and the world rang his phone looking for parts. Tractor tailer loads of NOS parts that were "scrapped" were arriving on a regular basis.
When Chrysler went after the car clubs for trademark infringements in the early 90's he played the key role in bringing the subject to light and identified how chrysler was ignoring it's most loyal customers. Frank had the smoking gun that forced Chrysler to bow to the car clubs and withdraw their illegal demands. Frank did a lot for our world of old mopar so set the customer antics aside for a moment and appreciate what he did for the collective
Frank originally was in the old mopar car repair business - fixing the numerous old mopars still on the road. In the process he discovered a large demand for the parts for these cars so he started a parts business. He had a parts sub system - a 3x5 card system that would show where and or how to take a part an use it for other applications - ie headlight switch, hemi carb parts - and sell it as NOS. Napa and other suppliers back on the 80s and 90s sold many parts that were identical to the mopar nos parts........
Chrysler took Frank to court because they were mad at him for a number of reasons. He had discovered that chrysler was cancelling parts that were selling - this was against corporate policy of the times - and he was communicating his displeasure with the mothership about this as he was selling a boatload of the parts they were cancelling. Most fail to understand how big Frank was in mopar parts and the world rang his phone looking for parts. Tractor tailer loads of NOS parts that were "scrapped" were arriving on a regular basis.
When Chrysler went after the car clubs for trademark infringements in the early 90's he played the key role in bringing the subject to light and identified how chrysler was ignoring it's most loyal customers. Frank had the smoking gun that forced Chrysler to bow to the car clubs and withdraw their illegal demands. Frank did a lot for our world of old mopar so set the customer antics aside for a moment and appreciate what he did for the collective
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As far as tape stripes go: Just because they are NOS does not mean they are any good. They dry out.
Then you have to find someone to reproduce it using the old stripes....
Then you have to find someone to reproduce it using the old stripes....
One company claims to reproduce them but the only known restoration on an m46 was drug along for 2 years waiting on a set of the stripes. He had a local company make them from the measurements of original stripes I have.
I want a set of both red and white and blue and white for records. I am the only guy actively trying to record information on these M46's. Would be nice to see a set of stripes. I assume they are a single full roll of stripes for one car that should have a few inch's extra.
I'm after the record of these stripes. The blue and white ones, mentioned in the parts book, have never been seen as far as anyone knows. Yet another reason I am after a set.
I want a set of both red and white and blue and white for records. I am the only guy actively trying to record information on these M46's. Would be nice to see a set of stripes. I assume they are a single full roll of stripes for one car that should have a few inch's extra.
I'm after the record of these stripes. The blue and white ones, mentioned in the parts book, have never been seen as far as anyone knows. Yet another reason I am after a set.
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