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Originally Posted by V8COOPMAN
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
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At risk of hijacking this thread, A good friend of the family Jim Davis (rip) of Portland was a buddy of Tommy Traylor in the early days. Jim would fly out in September meet up with Tommy who would take his truck and try to hit as many Ford dealers as they could between Texas and Pennsylvania for old stock parts. They would then go to Hershey to sell what they could, then the rest of the loot provided the seed for Specialized with Jim cherrypicking stuff to ship back to his store in Portland. By the end of the 1960's most Ford dealers had been picked over so Tommy started substituting what aftermarket stuff he could get cheap. Argentina then Taiwan.