From: Brian (armor@nac.net)
Date: Thu Mar 09 2006 - 03:32:45 PST
Hi all
You have to walk in and say you need a master cylinder for your M8 armored
car!
Well I did not tell them what it was for, I showed them and seed don't ask
but can you match it up for me, they used the casting ### and I had one the
next day!
Thank you Napa.
Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: "JohnW" <johnmwerner@comcast.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 9:59 PM
Subject: [MV] Parts stores
> Ryan, I know what you mean. My local NAPA is the same way. When I walk in,
> Ivan or Bill ask me to step over and they'll help me. Too many 40s and 50s
> Dodge or Power Wagon parts I've needed cross referenced. They,
fortunately,
> have an extensive library, and some old guys like myself who appreciate
> the old heavy metal.
> jw
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
> Behalf Of Ryan Gill
> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 6:35 PM
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [MV] Mutt Batteries 6TL
>
>
> At 8:23 PM -0600 3/8/06, Sonny Heath wrote:
> >I get a kick out of people like you were dealing
> >with there Glen. I would have asked them if
> >they had a limit on how much electrolyte I could
> >purchase and if the answer is no, then its none
> >of your business what I plan to do with it.
>
> All my nearby parts stores know I'm the guy with
> the big military truck and "tank". So when I ask
> for odd stuff, they just try to help me. Maybe
> its just down here, but most people I deal with
> are either neutral about the MVs or slightly
> interested. I even got a collector tag for my 5
> from the tag office even though they knew it was
> too heavy for it. The manager just deferred to my
> use and said it made the most sense, everything
> else being for commercial trucks. Of course, it
> could have been that I caught her on her last day
> before a week long vacation out of town, so she
> was in an especially good mood.
>
> --
> --
> Ryan Gill
>
>
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