(sung to the song "Do you want to build a snowman?") Do you want to build a race car? Someone bought a teams parts bins, and wants all this junk to find a new home for 5k

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/454391737455083/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_top_picks&referral_story_type=top_picks

I bet I could find enough stuff on Facebook marketplace to post about all day long

wow, try and figure this out, the dealership wants 150 dollars for the wiper fluid pump on my commuter, but Amazon sells them for, I shit you not, 80% / one fifth that amount, just 30 dollars

and that is exactly the part number the nice parts guy at the dealership showed me:

just what the hell is up with such a rip off? Some mark up is expected, most sales are 300% of wholesale, but this situation is 500%!!

a Nissan dealership in Vermont was bilked of a half million dollars by it's parts manager. He sold the parts on Facebook!

According to court documents, he carried out the scheme between March 2019 and Sept. 23, 2022, when he was employed by Formula Nissan in Barre as the parts manager and then director of parts and service.

In his job, he ordered parts including vehicle suspension lift kits which cost Formula Nissan between $2,300 to $2,900 apiece.

He advertised the parts for sale on Facebook and sold them to purchasers across the country using Formula Nissan’s Federal Express account to ship the parts to his own customers.

https://vtdigger.org/2024/06/19/barre-dealerships-ex-auto-parts-director-admits-to-575k-fraud-scheme/

hell of a collection! Probably the only one like it

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10225182977621732&set=a.1617402035143

I realized I'm not the only one upgrading the front end to the QA1, but it's cool to see what the going rate is to ask for the old stuff! Who would guess 750 is a fair price for the K member?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/996045710517424/posts/6271319942989948

the more you know, the more you can save on car parts... the throttle body on a Lamborghini Murcielago, costs 1650 pounds... it's the same one on a Volvo V70, Volvo charges 1/10th the price Lamborghini does - for the same part

 https://ampervadasz.tumblr.com/post/716669438723850240/igaz%C3%A1n-v%C3%A1ratlan-volvo-unmute-davidmondja

AMD? We know stuff has fitment issues, but missing a door hinge hole completely? WTH?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/996045710517424/posts/5414229842032300/

here's why it's impossible to find hot rod parts cheap... too many hoarders whose estate sale will sell off the parts for 1/4 of what he thinks they are worth after the hoarder is dead.

https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2022/10/barn-treasure.html

cause of the 3k rpm speed vibration, a 15 dollar u joint. But what a complete drive train exam and repair adventure he went through. That car is going to be set for a LONG time to come

the scoring is obvious, but TWO driveshaft balancing companies didn't catch it, as everyone merely did the wiggle test for slop. It didn't have any. 

Yes, this was what EVERYONE told him to check first as the vibration only occured at a certain RPM, when in gear, not in neutral/clutch in. But, while spending weeks trying to find this, a LOT of other parts that needed to be replaced got attention... from the engine, trans, brakes, bearings, steering, etc. 

This Mustang is not extremely well sorted out, and my cousin now knows a LOT about his car that he'll instantly know what to do with if it ever needs attention. 

Mustang Vibration Diagnostic... 

5th gear accelerating getting up to roughly 70mph, car starts to vibrate through the floor and the shifter.

 Push the clutch, it goes away, release the clutch it comes back

 Continue accelerating 80mph, push in the clutch, vibration stays, release the clutch vibration stays 

 Let off the gas, decelerate, 65mph, vibration stops, cruise this speed smooth as glass.

1967 mustang, 289, T5, 3.80 diff 

Parts replaced

 Harmonic balancer, engine mounts, transmission mount, wheel bearings, brake drums turned, axle shafts straight, throwout bearing, pilot bearing, clutch/PP, tunnel trimmed, driveshaft lengthened and balanced at 3k rpm, correct 28oz flywheel

'69 Daytona nose and front fenders, are they worth 11,000 in this condition? Fro0m the looks of the nose, I don't think anyone who ever owned it thought it was worth money

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/604026330590275/?rid=1066790204084009&ad_id&rt=1&refID=0&refType=0

I get a kick out of learning what vehicles share a common part

 http://www.backroads.ie/forum/car-related/r-roads/81-random-picture-thread?p=905454#post905454

a decrepit piece of cardboard, or the last NOS part needed for a restoration to win points at some car show?

 

concours correct for a 1965 Mustang or Shelby GT350

https://www.ebay.com/itm/304089566286

Mustang restorer JD Larson is selling all his inventory, 1963 – 1978 Ford Parts – mostly 1964 – 1973 Mustang, Mach 1, Shelby, and Boss. But only as a package deal for over $675,000 and you have to get the whole warehouse full from North Dakota

If you needs parts for a Cobra, Torino, Pantera, Galaxie, Tiger, Cyclone, Cougar, Fairlane, Mustang or Maverick, you might want to see the stuff they're selling on Ebay

Shelved & arrange in Ford part number order, these parts are stored in a temperature humidity controlled warehouse.

https://www.powernationtv.com/post/the-warehouse-filled-with-new-old-stock-classic-ford-parts-worth-millions

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Inventory-Parts-Reduction-NOS-Original-Ford-Mustang-Shelby-Boss-Torino-60s-70s/293869267269

park carefully, those headlights are 1900 dollars apiece. Don't let where you're parked be the reason someone hits the front of your Nisan Titan

https://www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/ek07us/1900_each_for_a_nissan_titan_dont_worry_these_are/

Well done Texas Speed & Performance

https://www.facebook.com/Kustomikes/

how important is a windage tray?

Kenny Duttweiler was jsut interviewed by HRM, and said:

"I recently dyno’d an LS build with no windage tray just to see, and it was down 64 hp!”

He also warns against using coated parts in engines running on alcohol. “It can eat through some coatings.”

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/factors-10-top-engine-builders-tell-make-1000-hp/

Some one was collecting a lot of late 60s Hemi parts, including 33 sets of matched carbs, a Keith Black Stage III aluminum race engine, cranks, con rods, intakes etc

the guy who collected all this? Did not have any cool cars, and died without selling his collection, or using the parts.

So why the hell was he storing them? The world will never know.

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/hidden-collection-rare-hemi-parts-found-garage-southern-california/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/996045710517424/permalink/2189280147860635/

WOW New American LaFrance T head cylinders are now available for models 4cyl type 10 and 6cyl type 75 engines through 1924.

https://www.halfillinger.com/sale-new-american-lafrance-t-head-cylinder-castings

propellers, used to make bars, dens, and livingrooms look better since WW1.

The metal variable pitch prop has a cool history:

This particular propeller was from a Lockheed Vega airplane owned by the Crosley Radio Corporation and flown by Ruth Nichols.
Flying in that airplane in 1931-32, Nichols became the only woman to hold simultaneously the women's international speed, altitude, and distance records for flight. She set the distance record in October 1931 when she flew 1,977 miles between Oakland, California and Louisville, Kentucky. Nichols' records proved the effectiveness of the new controllable-pitch propeller.

Just above that, the dark wooden very old prop;

This propeller is from a Curtiss Model D pusher biplane flown by Eugene B. Ely on January 18, 1911 for the first landing on a ship, the battleship USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco Bay, using the first ever tailhook system.

https://airandspace.si.edu/collections/propulsion?page=2
https://www.westlandlondon.com/antiques/decorativeitems/other/
https://riseofflight.com/forum/topic/31992-wooden-ww1-aircraft-propellers/
https://www.historicpropellers.com/woodenpropeller-ebora

I just love Shorpy.com... they have enormous photos, with terrific focus and detail, and when they show a photo of a dealership parts dept... you get to check out so MUCH! Semmes Motor Co.: 1925

notice above and below the shelves are number in some cases. 

so amny cool things on the shelves... batteries, flashlight bulbs, Whiz something, and Top Dressing to make tires black I suppose, or maybe to clean fan belts... and Ditzler brand paint... Tire patch kids from Michelin?

notice the cash register is rung up to "Ford PT" I wonder why... and what are the bottles on the shelf behind it?

from flower vases to jacks... and a lot of spools of ignition wire?  And and Harve Stabilizers? Are those shock absorbers?

Above, the Weed brand tire chains, I believe I posted those before, and the Gabriel Snubbers... which I think are the friction shocks

Above is an advertisement for Watson stabilizers... What shock absorbers were called in the friction shock days I think

https://www.shorpy.com/node/5708