----- Original Message -----
From: "van Hoy" <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Harry Doody" <doodyha.fay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Front shocks for 57/58 Plymouth
| I think a lot of finding parts has to do with the parts
| people using their head and their books to find parts
| instead of their computers. Plus a lot of them are still
in
| the acne-fighting stage of life and it's just easier to
say
| "no" and get rid of you.
|
| Unfortunately our good local NAPA merged with our bad
local
| NAPA and the quality is hugely inferior to before. Where
| the attitude used to be that of a challenge, now it's how
to
| get rid of you the fastest. Oh well, the new store is
nice
| and clean.
|
| It's not just old stuff. When I went in for n add-on
| headlight warning buzzer for my wife's car the clerk
looked
| on their computer and said they didn't have one. Then she
| looked through her books, obviously in the wrong places,
and
| said the same thing. Only when I insisted did one of the
| older clerks go over to a shelf and grab one. A $7 part,
| not much profit, but important to me.
|
| I would bet that every one of those stores Harry shopped
at
| could have gotten his shocks if they'd tried.
|
| --Roger van Hoy, '55DeSoto, '42DeSoto, '66Plymouth,
| '73Duster, '81 Imperial, Washougal, WA
|
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Harry Doody" <doodyha.fay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 1:51 PM
| Subject: [FWDLK] Front shocks for 57/58 Plymouth
|
|
| | I have had my 57 Plymouth Savoy in driving condition for
| about a year now
| | and the more I drive it the more I find to fix or
replace.
| |
| | The latest quest has been front shocks. To say the
least
| the original 1957
| | shocks do not perform up to standards so I began my
search
| for new front
| | shocks. I first checked with the local Pep Boys where I
| have found many
| | parts for my 57 Plymouth. Much to my surprise the
| salesmen who had helped
| | me in the past said that Pep Boys had closed down their
| special order
| | program. The interesting thing was I found the front
| shocks listed in their
| | shock parts book - it listed a Gabriel Pro Ryder #82072
| but he said he could
| | not order them. I then went to Advance Auto and the
sale
| person there spent
| | much time trying but he too could not get the shocks.
| Next stop was NAPA
| | here again the sales person spent some time with me but
| could not find the
| | correct shock for my 57 Plymouth. I had given up and
was
| on my way home to
| | check the Whitney catalog when I saw an Auto Zone so I
| stopped. A young man
| | could not believe what I was looking for and did not
think
| he could help but
| | when he put it in the computer up came the Gabriel
#82072
| front shock.
| | Needless to say I ordered them and should have them by
| next Tuesday 29 May
| | 01.
| |
| | I would like to note that each store used their
computers
| and only Auto Zone
| | listed a shock for the 57 Plymouth. I also discovered
the
| same front shock
| | was used for years 57 to 61 and the Dodge Dart up to 61
| used the same shock
| | (info provided by NAPA).
| |
| | I am still surprised at how many parts are still
available
| for our Forward
| | Look car from the parts stores. When I got home I also
| checked in the
| | Whitney catalog and found the shocks were listed but at
| twice the price I
| | paid at Auto Zone with no shipping costs.
| |
| | Harry in NC
| | 57 Plymouth
| | 58 Plymouth (work in progress)
| |
|
|
|
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