Re: [FWDLK] Oil Filter Adapters - parts stores
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Re: [FWDLK] Oil Filter Adapters - parts stores



Dave....
I understand what you are experiencing. Last summer, my youngest son (32), came over with his girlfriend of about 24 years age and we went for a ride in my 58 Dodge Sweptside pickup. When we got in and I put the clutch in and shifted the three on a tree into low gear, she wanted to know waht I was doing. She had never seen a three speed column shift before..... in fact even though my son didn't admit it, I am not certain he had ever seen one either. What is the world coming to??

George McKovich

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From:   Dave Stragand[SMTP:dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent:   Thursday, April 05, 2001 7:21 AM
Subject:        Re: Oil Filter Adapters - parts stores

I had a similar experience.  This exchange took place between me and an
AutoZone employee a while back...


ME: "Hi, I need front and rear transmission seals for a 1958 Plymouth with a
Torqueflite."

AZ: "Hmmm... The computer says there weren't any Plymouths built before
1962."

ME: "The computer is wrong.  Do you have a -book- that lists seals? I can
look it up myself, if you'd like."

AZ: "Are you sure it's not a '62?"

ME: "Yes. Very sure."

AZ: "Then it's not a Plymouth. They didn't make them until 1962.  What model
is it again?"

ME: "A Savoy. A PLYMOUTH Savoy. 1958."

AZ: "I thought you said it was a 'Witchy Toke Fly' or something..."

ME: "WITH A TORQUEFLITE.  The transmission is a Torqueflite. Torqueflite. 3
speed. PLYMOUTH. The model is a Savoy. 1958."

AZ: "Hmmm... 58... 58... Oh!  It's an Oldsmobile, not a Plymouth."

ME: "No, I'm very sure it's a Plymouth."

AZ: "Well, it's an Oldsmobile, actually. Like the Ninety-Eight."

ME: "Do you have a manager around here somewhere? Anywhere? Please?"

AZ: "Hmmm.. The computer isn't showing the 3 speed transmission for a 1962
Oldsmobile 98... and they don't list the 98, either..."

ME: "1958... PLYMOUTH... SAVOY... WITH... A... 3... SPEEED... TORQUEFLITE...
TRANSMISSION..."

AZ: "I'm sorry, sir, they didn't make the Plymouth until 1962..."

ME: "LISTEN CAREFULLY. Do you have a manager around here somewhere?"

AZ: "Why?  Is there something wrong?"

The manager laughed his butt off for a while, and then helped me look
through the seals one by one, but we didn't find anything close enough.
Never trust a parts store person younger than yourself.

I don't -even- want to go into what it's like every time I have to go get
parts for the DeLorean... you could fill whole books with those stories....

-Dave



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