Auto parts store

[Bonnewagon]

My local guy closed up years ago. He was great. I only have a single go-to place left and they are 25 miles away. They are the last place I know of that has a separate warehouse and keeps one of everything on hand just for guys like me. But my Advance has a couple of guys that have been there quite a while and are pretty good. I have an absolutely best local hardware store and a paint store that I go to before I even consider Home Dupa. My house is 100 years old this year and the hardware and paint stores have been here just as long. Too bad the auto stores closed but todays idiots don't even know what they are driving anymore. "I bought this one because it has SIX cupholders and charges my phone without wires. Motor? What's a motor?"

 

[airboatgreg]

We have one TV/Stereo/Electronics repair shop left. The owner is in his late 60's or 70's. Two weeks ago I dropped off my Sony amplifier/receiver that I purchased in 1987 because the speaker outputs were not working without a whack or two. We use this in the garage and for outdoor sound in the summer. The gentleman replaced all of the rear connections that were cracked cleaned it to the point of it looking and functioning like new - including the remote. All for $85, including tax.



Hopefully you bought something you needed.

I buy everything possible locally, even if it means another 10-15%. Supporting those that pay taxes in my locality makes it worth it to me. I hate to say it though, but in another 10-15 years we aren't going to be able to get much of anything locally due to the Amazon's and Walmarts of the country that pay zero taxes.

I've watched the local politicians campaign for both Amazon and Walmart distribution centers offering no property taxes to get them here. We didn't get either, but someone else did - all in the name 'jobs'. At some point we have to start producing products other than boxes to ship products that screw everyone locally.

We'll see.


Again, support your local business that supports you (with their taxes.)

I bought all that i needed and could not think of anything else

 

[mikester]

There used to be a great old school auto parts right in my town. Two guys with some extra counter help. Over the years a bunch of young local kids made the place their first job. Name brand parts, Dupont paint and a machine shop in the back. I remember going there to get parts for the 46 Jeep CJ2A that I had back in 1975. How many places do you know that would have a clutch,pressure plate and a full exhaust system for one of those in stock ? For years it was the go to place in my area. Then one day it changed hands. Then a few years later it became a Carquest. Now its an Advance wth a very limited stock.
The place in the photo is about 40 minutes from me. The same family has owned it since 1948. Right now its two brothers in their late 60s and the son of one of them. They have a small machine shop in the back. Its a pain to drive there but its a neat store. Old wood floors. Addition on the side, parts squirreled away in the basement. I think they have another building for storage down the block. Guys on Long Island have probably been there more than once.
They have aisles behind the counter with all sorts of hardware and fittings. Stuff you will never find at a chain store. Downside is the brass fittings are never cheap ! LOL
They also have a large supply of electrical terminals. This is where I bought the fusible link wire for my cars. I almost wish I could work there just to explore the warehouse.



Figured I'd add this picture to the post. This is the local auto parts. Really old building that was once a car dealership. Im not positive but I think they sold Willys there. At one time there was a small Chevy dealer in the town too. Now its a bodyshop. Chapman was an old family in this town. He had a small airfield behind this building back in the 40s. Funny, this came from goggle earth and thay old suburban belongs to a friend of mine. Talk about timing.

 

[Ribbedroof]

I knew we were in trouble in 1991, when the guy at the counter had to look up points for a ford truck

I can remember a time when even K-Mart had tune-up kits on the peg in the auto department (just down the aisle from the Kraco display!), right next to the 99-cent cans of R12.

Bought a canister type oil filter for a 66 Caprice 427 at an Osco drug store at midnight in about 1980. Times, they are a-changin'

 

[64nailhead]

Seems like a solder joint that became oxidized over time, glad he was able to fix it for you.

9 of them he fixed (I pulled apart the case and checked lol.)