Craig wrote:
For real parts people go to a NAPA or the oldest auto
parts house in your town. Those folks Know what they are selling.
Reply:
I'm glad somebody said it, I was about to bust out my own NAPA soapbox
(and its a BIG box). My family's NAPA store(s) is the oldest in town
(about 60 years old) and everyone knows how to use the books. Even the
young bucks like myself know when the computer will be useless. The
computer is great for looking up common stuff. Like a oil filter for
ford 302. I can type the commands to look that up faster than the
computer can display the menus. But for anything Triumph related or
anything odd you have to use the books. If you want the NAPA points,
cap, condenser, and rotor numbers I have them somewhere. My 72 has been
running them since July. In my experience with getting parts from NAPA.
We can get just about anything overnight if its not on the shelf.
Stocking level will depend on how big the store is.
Ryan Smith
72 Emerald Green Spitfire
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