The Ford Barn

jimTN · 01-12-2020, 09:59 AM

Around here at least half of the parts store employees are female and they know their stock better than the men.

1948F-1Pickup · 01-12-2020, 10:20 AM

I work for an automotive bearing manufacturer and deal with this daily.
Chain stores are stocked by VIO (Vehicles In Operation) in the given zip
code of that store. This is how HQ arrives at the "velocity" of what a store moves.
How many '50 Fords are registered in the area? Even weighed against all the
parts used on the '50 Ford that fit other vehicle applications, the movement
numbers are so small, nothing of any consequence would be stocked.

RalphM · 01-12-2020, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by 5851a

It's bad enough in the auto parts stores, but try going to the Ford dealer.

Dealers are getting worse that parts houses, they won’t stock anything after a certain year. Around ten years old forget it.

TJ · 01-12-2020, 10:46 AM

I guess I'm real lucky. My Napa Auto Parts store caries a lot of older stuff and if it is not in stock they will get it from the warehouse and I can pick it up the next day. There's three specific counter people that I go to and they know their parts and how to look in the catalog.

01-12-2020, 09:59 AM	#21
jimTN Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Powell, TN Posts: 2,509	Re: It is getting harder to find basic parts at the auto parts stores anymore Around here at least half of the parts store employees are female and they know their stock better than the men.

01-12-2020, 10:20 AM	#22
1948F-1Pickup Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Socal Posts: 795	Re: It is getting harder to find basic parts at the auto parts stores anymore I work for an automotive bearing manufacturer and deal with this daily. Chain stores are stocked by VIO (Vehicles In Operation) in the given zip code of that store. This is how HQ arrives at the "velocity" of what a store moves. How many '50 Fords are registered in the area? Even weighed against all the parts used on the '50 Ford that fit other vehicle applications, the movement numbers are so small, nothing of any consequence would be stocked.

01-12-2020, 10:46 AM	#24
TJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Napa,California Posts: 6,035	Re: It is getting harder to find basic parts at the auto parts stores anymore I guess I'm real lucky. My Napa Auto Parts store caries a lot of older stuff and if it is not in stock they will get it from the warehouse and I can pick it up the next day. There's three specific counter people that I go to and they know their parts and how to look in the catalog.