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Originally Posted by 5window
Oh, lord, these stupid threads pop up from time to time. Auto parts houses are in business to sell auto parts and supplies. That means 99.99% of their sales will be for vehicles built in the last 10 years. Add to that that many cars and trucks have mods made during the production run, sometimes monthly. Add to that that the pay scale for counter people is below the poverty level and you have a common scenario where no one wants, or needs, to know what radiator cap your 85 year old dinosaur needs.
The problem is not only the modern auto parts store, it's you/us and our old, obsolete beasts. For that, you need a specialty store and,fortunately they exist.
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Agreed. Let's face it.. they can't stay in business selling old parts to few people like us. We know where to get parts if we need them.. albeit, it's nice to have your local source be able to get something now and then. I had my local O rielly get a generator for my 56 t bird which was rebuilt... it was much cheaper and no shipping unlike the Bird sources....
I think they all try to their best degree but they have to cater to the market for which we live in and they can survice in. If the old auto parts stores were doing so well selling parts to us for our antique vehicles they would still be in business! I wish they were but unfortunately we're not in the same world as 1950 , 1960 , or even 1970 .
Larry