Ye Olde Parts (was door handle linkage)

[David Kase]

Yeah!  I generally do not get asked my serial number and build date when 
getting a GM part.  With my Audi I need to know the VIN regardless of 
what part I am trying to get and it is still a gamble...

David Kase
Engineering Manager
PDQ Industries
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Bob D wrote:

> I was going to say exactly this. I can get anything for my 68 Camaro. 
> I just got a set of 8 performance pistons for $400, where it cost me a 
> grand for 5 audi ones. I just rebuilt the whole 427 for about $1000. 
> The other thing is, I can go to the dealer and get a starter solenoid. 
> They dont ask what year or model, apparently they are all the same 
> from '32 -'06 (being slightly sarcastic here but you know what Im 
> getting at).... 
> Bob
>
> David Kase wrote:
>
>>Ah, I see.  Indeed it is easier. 
>>
>>I could rebuild my 454 Chevy with new pistons, bored block and all new 
>>bearings, gaskets for far less than $1000.  My pistons for my 3B were 
>>over $700 alone...
>>
>>Dave Kase
>>
>>
>>
>>William Magliocco wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>>It was more of a rhetorical question than a need on my
>>>part.  I own no GM vehicles.
>>>
>>>I do see a surge in rehabbing mid and large GM
>>>products from the early and mid '80s on the streets of
>>>Atlanta.
>>>
>>>*Audi content-it is usually harder to find parts for a
>>>20 year old Audi than a 20 year old GM.
>>>
>>>--- David Kase <davekase at pdqlocks.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>>>Could you be more specific? <snipped>
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>      
>>>>
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