Hi Trevor: You are "in a good place" re: your local parts outlets.
There used to be a couple of good parts places in my village of
100,000. Within the last year both have converted to totally
automated systems. One goes back to 1970, (and has dropped MG) the
other cuts at 1975. Until that time, the best, NAPA, used to have
huge, ancient, yellowed dog earred books that went back to Moses.
Any plea to look a book is met with, "the books are gone". I feel
certain the parts are still in the system, but are now inaccessable
due to "streamlining" the process of ordering Toyota spares. I guess
the marketing boys have decided our "niche" has become too marginal to
serve. Very frustrating. Regards, Larry
> Try your local mega super auto parts store. >
> While it's true they might not know a spridget from a tractor,
> they are in the business of networking. If anybody anywhere spent
> the time to index spridget parts, then EVERYBODY EVERYWHERE can
> now get spridget parts........
> I just got a water pump there today for my 75 Midget, the
> girl hadn't even heard of the car but a few keystrokes and
> the part was in the next day for half the price of Moss.
>
> --
> Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
> Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
> ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
> "Before I came along, you were just another kid named after a
cleanser."
>
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