Stan,
You are giving away some good secrets here!! :)
Stacey is a good guy and ships parts all over the
world. I work that area of town and get to go by
there often and talk old cars... Dallas is actually
a treasure trove of old MV parts dealers within
an hour or two drive, Rapco (Bowie, TX), Brent Mullins,
(College Station, TX) Midway Supply (Irving, TX),
820 Jeep (Fort Worth, TX) and Wallace Wade Tires.
Counting places like Antique Auto Supply I can think
of fewer places better to restore a jeep...
Jess Minton
Arlington, TX
42 GPW
At 08:53 PM 12/18/01 -0800, you wrote:
>I ran across that proverbial gold mine. An old parts
>dealer in Arlington Texas that has 7 warehouses of NOS
>parts for cars from 1909-1972. He has just about any
>part you need for engines, trannys, fuel pumps, water
>pumps, generators, etc for your MV.
>
>I have been unable to find a source of distributor
>rotor caps for my GTB project. I went in asking for
>the distributor cap, rotor cap, points, and condenser.
> He looked up everything in his book, determined that
>Ford was using a Chrysler distributor on the GTB
>engine and wandered off into his warehouse just like
>the scene at the end of "Raiders of the Lost Ark". He
>came back with NOS parts. The rotor caps were
>military issue perfectly wrapped in cosmoline. Prices
>are reasonable, $5 for rotor cap, $10 for dist cap,
>$10 for points, he threw in a condensor for free. I
>asked for an axle bumper pad, he had it, $12 for an
>original with the bolts and washers. I asked for
>engine gasket sets, he had them, original Ford
>wrapping. He deals in Ford, GM, and Chrysler. I
>highly recommend checking with this guy for just about
>anything you might be having a hard time finding.
>This guy is in a time warp. Its like stepping back to
>the 30's and 40's when you walk in his place. I
>almost offered him $20 just to walk through his
>warehouses and look at his stuff!
>
>You GTB guys that need a rotor cap, he has about 40
>left. Call and ask for the following:
>
>Dist cap - Filko A-15
>Rotor cap - Filko AL-97 (ask for cosmoline version)
>Points - Filko 66-91
>Condensor - Filko AL-214
>
>Antique Auto Supply
>Arlington, TX
>817-275-2381
>antiques@fastlane.net
>
>Anyone coming to the national convention in Dallas
>should make plans to go see this guy. Its a real
>treat. He will talk about your vehicle as long as you
>want, and he will know more about the parts you need
>than you do. He is the most parts knowledgeable guy I
>have ever met, and he enjoys his business as much as
>you enjoy your project.
>
>Stan
>
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