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Originally Posted by DavidG
Some North American old car parts vendors imported some of these parts, particularly before Bob Drake's business took off beyond initially making locking gas caps and glove box liners as well as Dennis Carpenter's business as it expanded beyond a very modest beginning.
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This is very true, David. I know that Tommy Traylor got rich building Specialized Auto Parts in Houston in the '60s and '70s importing that Argentine baloney. Can't begin to tell you how much money I threw at that place buying garbage parts that didn't even begin to fit any old Fords that Henry built. '33-'34 windshield frame that looked beautiful and fit like a square peg in the round hole, and who can forget the B-3311 tie rod ball studs that were way too big.....friggen' worthless junk, much of it! Besides J C Whitney at the time, Specialized was about the only other game going in those days. DD