[DeTomaso] Parts store monkies

Fri Apr 15 12:24:03 EDT 2011

I built several race cars using stuff from Lowes and Home Depot.
and the ocassional visit to a auto salvage yard forgoofy little parts
that were used in ways never intended.

Michael Shortt

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 12:16 PM, <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> 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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