23 Dec
2004
23 Dec
'04
10:33 a.m.
I could use a timing belt for a '68 Chevy...
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--- John Lawson <jpl15(a)panix.com> wrote:
On Thu, 23 Dec 2004, Joe R. wrote:
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I doubt McMaster Carr will be of any help. You
have to have an account
with them AND a tax number before they'll sell to you. And that's even if
you walk into one of their locations. I doubt they'd even talk to you if
Um, that's just the opposite of my own experience - I buy from them all
the time - just got a roll of magnet wire in to re-build a motor - gave
'em my credit-card and shipping address and it showed up the next day.
Ditto with the cool little Whitney-Roper hand metal-punch kit. Ditto with
the timer for my little pressure-washer.
You sure you aren't thinking Grainger? Those boys can be obtuse when
they want to. But I've never had a bit of the trouble you relate, with
McMaster, for many years now. Strange...
Stock Drive Components is a great outfit, and have a lot of the more
obscure stuff that is sometimes needed in restoring Old Gear.
Cheers
John