[DeTomaso] Parts store monkies

[asajay at asajay.com]

Nice!   Pantera powered by ICBM parts... now who's got bragging rights?

Asa Jay

Quoting michael frazier <red3644 at hotmail.com>:

>
> Along the same lines...it's amazing the number of Pantera "parts"   
> I've found at Home Depot or the shop
> where we work on ICBM warheads.
>
> Michael Frazier
> Gruppo Rompiculi Corsa
>
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>
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>> Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:07:39 -0700
>> From: asajay at asajay.com
>> To: detomaso at realbig.com
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Parts store monkies
>>
>> Me: I need an air filter for a 1973 DeTomaso Pantera with a 351C
>> engine, 4 barrel.
>>
>> Parts guy: Sorry, we don't carry those, it's not in the computer.
>>
>> Me: Okay, look me up a 1972 Ford Mustang Mach I with a 351C engine,  
>>  4 Barrel.
>>
>> Parts guy: Yea, we got those.
>>
>> Me: Funny I thought you didn't have any air filters for a Pantera
>>
>> Parts guy: <deer in headlights look>... wait for it, wait for it...
>> BANG Light bulb goes on.
>>
>> :) Some will get it, some won't. Work with the ones that will.
>>
>> Asa Jay
>>
>>
>> Quoting David in Durango <adin at frontier.net>:
>>
>> > These monkies are handcuffed by the system (computer part books
>> > ahahahahahha).
>> >
>> > Try to make a friend - I did by accident (and had to hear about his
>> > newest project - a 70s van that still has the shag carpet and
>> > paneling = sweet mary and joseph) and learned that they have
>> > pictures (sometimes) and can tell you what other cars a part fits
>> > (somethimes).
>> >
>> > I got stuck w/ a "manager" [1] once - I explained that Charles was
>> > helping find stuff by picture blah blah - Charles isn't here. year
>> > make and model (what a flicking nazi) of the car!
>> >
>> > (ok, you flick, I thinks to myself)
>> > 1991 Mazda.
>> >
>> > What model?
>> >
>> > Miata
>> >
>> > What do you need?
>> >
>> > I need the whilrly thing for the fuel injection that look like this.
>> >
>> > What motor? that's the 1.6, right?
>> >
>> > No, its a 302 and it got worse from there.
>> >
>> > Lesson: make a friend or look for the oldest guy there. and don't
>> > ever say day tomasoh or Pantera EVER.
>> >
>> > Grouchy & Dirty
>> > "yeah its all stock - it was in stock when I bought it"
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > [1] usually the guy w/ a pressed shirt and haircut that no longer
>> > cleans the toilets
>> >
>> > "I find it worse than that... the 'employees' in the store can't   
>> do anything
>> > without the 'year, make and model', but then don't want to look   
>> for anything
>> > 'different' beyond that. That would mean they'd have to 'work' a little.
>> >
>> > I needed an upper radiator hose for my Lightning.
>> > I give him the year, make and model.
>> > 2001 Ford Lightning with a supercharged 5.4.
>> > 'Oh, that's just an F150'
>> > No, it's not. It's a Lightning. It's different.
>> > 'No, those F150's are all the same!'
>> > No, it's different. A lot different.
>> > He brings out a radiator hose and I tell him that won't fit.
>> > 'Sure it will!'
>> > Come with me.
>> > 'Damn! It's got a supercharger on it!'
>> > Yes, you idiot. It's a Lightning. It's not an F150.
>> > Well, we don't have that then...
>> > Thanks.
>> > I've never been back... and told the manager I wouldn't be back, but they
>> > didn't seem to care.
>> >
>> > Oh, well... my local Ford dealer likes me and always gets the right thing.
>> > Worth the slightly higher cost, I think."
>> >
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