Originally Posted By: 2015_PSD
Originally Posted By: BlueOvalFitter
Let's suppose there was no BITOG website. And, no internet. How would you choose your oil filter and oil?
What I would do is what my dad did when I was a youngster. On a Saturday morning go to my local NAPA, pull up a stool, and chat with the parts guy behind the counter. I would ask his suggestion on a good oil filter and oil, unless I knew what I wanted beforehand. Then, right before we left, I would ask for some FREE racing decals.
That's how my dad and I did it when I was a youngster.
While on a businees trip, I recently went into a NAPA in central Pennsylvania (in search of the ever elusive filter sale) and was pleasantly surprised to see two full countertops of parts manuals that were being used alongside the computer. This is what I remember from back in the day and was when parts guys actually knew something about parts. Today, if the computer in AZ, AAP, OR, PB, or CQ does not list it, then you are usually SOL and I am not describing the sun in another language either.
2015_PSD, we also had an auto parts store called 688 Auto Parts, and Cox Auto Parts in Baton Rouge, La. when I was a youngster. These were on the list of parts houses my dad and I would visit on a Saturday morning as well. They had stools to sit on with a huge 3-4' catalog loaded with part numbers and pictures. There was only one thing on that counter that used electricity; the cash register.
My dad was an engine builder and a hot rodder as well. My favorite car of all the ones he had (and he had A LOT!) was his 1970 Plum Purple, 440 Six Pack, Pistol Grip shifter Road Runner, with the Air Grabber hood scoop! Can you imagine how intimidating that had to be at a red light, sitting next to another muscle car, then suddenly you see the Air Grabber rise from the hood, revealing those shark teeth and eyes! Dang, those were the good old days!