> But I know that today I can go to either my Ford or Chevrolet
> dealer and buy quite a few parts for cars older than seven years.
While doing my straight axle to independent rear swap, i needed a rear
caliper brake hose for my 1991 donor thunderbird calipers. i went to the
ford dealer and, after admiring a cherry 1957 thunderbird outside, much to
my surprise, the hose had been discontinued!! the fellow next to me then
asked for a shift boot cover for a 1957 thunderbird which the service guy
looked up in the microfiche and said it was still available and they might
even have one in stock. go figure.
-james c
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From: "John F. Kelly Jr." <76067.1750@compuserve.com>
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>
> Message text written by INTERNET:Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net
>
> "You may be interested to tune in on> > discussions though, and hear those
thinking a 10 year cutoff for stock is
> a
> > good idea. And that is why we can't leave the SEB to operate in a vacuum
> > without input from the majority. Kind of a proletariat uprising.
> >
> > Tony
>
> That's right, it should be seven years!
>
> KeS"
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>
> At one time there was a Federal law that required automobile manufacturers
> to maintain a parts supply for their products for seven (7) years. Don't
> know if that's still on the books.
> But I know that today I can go to either my Ford or Chevrolet
> dealer and buy quite a few parts for cars older than seven years. Just
> before I sold our '66 Shelby GT-350 (A Mustang in disguise) I bought quite
> a bit of stuff to refurbish it from both our local Ford dealer and from a
> specialty house. This was about 1995, nearly 30 years later! That included
> NEW upholstery to replace the worn out stuff. It exactly matched what had
> been in there originally.
> Oh that included an entire NEW replacement double pumper Holley
> carburetor that exactly matched the original.
>
> --John Kelly
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