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I also recommend Ames. I've placed a few big orders in the past, and
used a spreadsheet each time to figure out the best combination of
vendors based on price, discounts and shipping. Things get a bit
complicated when vendors offer different combinations of parts in kits,
but it always seems to come out fairly close. If I were you I would
start with Ames, then move to CI and go to the Paddock for whatever the
other two don't carry. Then again, with a $5K order, you may be able to
get it all from CI with a substantial discount and/or free shipping.
Couldn't hurt to negotiate.
Andy
Geoff Swavley wrote:
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Hi All,
Been lurking for a while but have recently started what I hope to be
the final "home stretch"
run on finishing the restoration of my 1968 Ram Air 1 Firebird ....
it's only been off the road
for *18 years* and to 4 different body shops (the worst of which I
later found out was
using my EXTREMELY RARE AND ORIGINAL car as a "parts" car to get a crappy
damn base model 350 Camaro out of his workshop that the owner had been
hassling him
about for years).
Consequently I now need alot of parts to finish the job. Just
wondering what vendor the
list finds best? Year One? Paddock? Ames? Performance Years? I have
to get this stuff
to Australia so I was thinking of just going with one vendor for ease
of transport, and they are
going to get one hell of an order! Probably $5000 easy. I have
finished brakes and emergency
brake, have just ordered all wiring harnesses and need seats and
interior pieces ... on the
motor side of things
I need head bolts, alternator + brackets, power steering pump +
brackets, pushrods,
rockers + nuts, chrome rockers covers, ram air pans + air cleaner,
fuel lines, fan shroud ...
you get the idea.
I may yet run with some local vendors who are good friends and have
done right by me
in the past, but they each get their gear from different suppliers and
I was just wondering
from all of the experience on this list ... if there was a clear
preference for a good vendor.
thanks all
geoff
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