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Location: North East Pennsylvania | So, this might sound like a dumb question but... After five years in storage I've finally been able to commence work on my 58 Savoy 2 door hard top. She's in need of quite a lot of work, but I'm a former auto tech so I've got the knowledge. My question is, where the heck do you get parts for this thing? Even silly stuff like headlights seem to be very hard to find. Yet, I see plenty of sites on the internet where people are restoring these cars so the parts are obviously out there. Long story short, where are you guys getting the essentials? Things like headlights, brake shoes, leaf springs, etc?
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Location: Plymouth Spaceport | John at BigM auto has lots of parts for these cars,you can contact him at bigmauto@colusanet.com
theres also Ebay,craigslist,etc.
You can also post wanted ads on this site and maybe some members will have the parts you need.
Edited by 1960DesotoAdventurer 2010-05-16 5:17 PM
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Location: Chesterfield, Virginia | I've bought a book entitled Mopar parts locating Guide;very helpful,some dead ends but over all a good parts guide The source website is ;www.gardenofspeedin.com---1-800-668-6743/858-467-7140.Pick up a copy of Hemmings Motor News at your book store in the magazine section,a great source of info.You'll find that you have to become a detective when you own an early Mopar,but you'll find what you need.  |
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Location: North East Pennsylvania | Thanks for the tips guys. Sounds like it's going to be a challenge, but well worth it! |
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Location: Atlanta GA USA |
Seconded. It is a good reference.
Gary Goers catalog can be downloaded from his web site.
Search engine search.
Forward Look website search is invaluable. There was a recent post about leaf spring vendors. One mentioned was friendly and helpful.
Headlights shouldn't be difficult at all.
CCC
Imperial Club has lots of good stuff.
Chrysler 300 club site has lots of good stuff.
AACA and WPC and NDC (to some degree)
Edited by 1956DeS 2010-05-17 9:43 AM
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Location: Atlanta GA USA | Espo for springs, possibly. See this thread...
http://www.forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=30563&... |
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Location: Finger Lakes NY | i have nos new and used parts for forwardlook cars and if i dont have it i may be able to direct you to somone who does
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Location: SD | NAPA has a fair selection of basic parts. I have a 57 Belvedere (230 six) and NAPA has supplied things like plugs, points, cap & rotor, hoses, filters, rear brake shoes (used AAJ on front), thermostat & water pump, etc. |
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Location: North East Pennsylvania | Thanks for the input guys.
One thing I do seem to be having trouble finding is the brake spring hardware kit. From various sources I've been able to find shoes, drums, cylinders, lines, etc, but not the spring kit.
Any leads, suggestions?
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Location: Williams California | Have you tried Andy Bernbaum for those kits? Seems to me I've seen those listed in his literature.
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Location: Franklin, Indiana | Here's the link for Andy Bernbaum. They have it all & real people will even talk to you on the phone! http://www.oldmoparts.com/g.htm |
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Location: Eastern Iowa | A good place to start is with a parts book for your year make and model.
Compile a list of part numbers you need or cannot live without.
You'd be suprised what's out there in inventories that are un-researched but listed numerically by part #
I have over 1500 in my data base, some of which are not ID'ed, but listed numerically anyway.
It's only a matter of minutes to see if one would have any of your #'s in stock.
Outfit's like "Parts-Voice" all have a computer listing and are a big help.
Just last year, I found a hard to replace chrome moulding for My 300-F by using this part # resource.
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| Kanter Auto Products (www.kanter.com) had many of the items I needed for a '61 Desoto. Brakes, all front/rear suspension, steering items, master cyd, motor mounts, etc. Some items are reasonable and some are high (motor mounts-$400+). They have good, fast service. Atlas Obsolete Chrysler Parts also had some hard to find stuff. |
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Location: Parts Unknown | Why would you need new brake return springs ? Were they missing or broken ?
I kept boxes of all that stuff when I had my wrecking yard .... when someone wanted
shoe cores, I'd toss all the little "giblets" in a "Brake" marked box. I have rarely seen a spring fail,
but should it happen, I have extras.
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Location: Ripon, WI | Springs fail all the time. That is usually part of what causes issues with these wonderful stock brakes that some of you think need to stay on forever. |
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