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- posted by: Ray Guarino
For one reason or another you’ve decided to undertake a repair job on your car; it could be the soccer-mom minivan, the weekday station car, or the classic weekend road demon, but it needs parts and it needs them now. The question is where to purchase them. The three options we’ll discuss in this article are:
- The Online Only/E-Commerce Giants like Amazon & Rock Auto,
- The Regional/Local Chain Auto Parts Store (AutoZone, O’Reilly, NAPA), and
- The Local Mom & Pop Auto Parts Store.
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- posted by: Ray Guarino
Official Car Advertisement Conversion Chart | |
IF IT SAYS: | IT REALLY MEANS: |
Rare model | Nobody liked them when new, either |
Older restoration | Can't tell it's been restored |
Needs engine work | It’s been siezed for 30 years |
Uses no oil | Just leaks it out |
No rust | Body and fenders missing |
Rough | It's too bad to lie about |
One owner | Never been able to sell |
No time to complete | Can't find parts anywhere |
Needs interior | Seats are gone |
Rebuilt engine | Has new spark plugs |
May run | But never has |
Low mileage | Third time around |
29 coats of hand-rubbed paint | Needed that much to cover the rust |
Clean | It sat in the rain yesterday |
Always driven slowly | About what I expect to get |
Prize winner | Hard Luck Trophy 3 times in a row |
Stored 25 years | Under a tree |
Real show stopper | Orange with purple fenders |
Easy restoration | Parts will come off in your hands |
Ready to show | Just washed it |
Top is good | Only leaks when it rains |
Good investment | Can't depreciate any more |
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- posted by: Joe D.
From MotorMouth Radio's Sunday, October 14th, 2017 show at 12 noon.
- I have this noise...
- Only happens on Tuesdays...
- Just clear the light...
- The Internet said to...
- Shouldn't be too hard...
- I am a mechanic...
- After you changed this...
- Is it done yet?...
- The other mechanic said...
- [Big Parts Chain] said it was...
- Read the instructions, right?...
- It's my wife's car...
- It only happens sometimes...
- It costs too much...
- It's just a car....
- Will it pass emissions?...
- It's just a car... (stated twice for emphasis, it's not just a car to us.)
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- posted by: Ray Guarino
We’ve all come across the situation during a project where we need a bracket that has a flat on one end and a circular end on the other AND turns 90° to facilitate mounting a part and we know it’s not offered in any restoration catalog. Some guys would resort to the old standby of using a zip tie or duct tape, others look at the challenge as an opportunity to stretch the limits of their creativity and make a one-off part like the ones seen below on Ray’s resto-mod GTO project.
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- posted by: Rolling Thunder Cycles
