Try getting parts for 50s and 60s cars. You'd be amazed how easy it is. You have to be creative in this business to find parts, but having a source like the classic center is pretty amazing overall. It's pretty remarkable what they do have.
For example, I just bought a vacuum pod for the distributor of a 300SEL 3.5. Pretty obscure part, still available, under $100. Is it perfect, no of course not, but be thankful they put so much effort into it, its still pretty special. Jaime On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 7:31 PM David Bruckmann via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I agree re; NLA parts. And not just obscure stuff, but for example the > window regulator kit (the little nylon disc and clip) is NLA. Which is > nuts. > > > Kaleb Striplin wrote: > But they do not have anything that a normal dealer could not order? > Correct? The number of common parts that are becoming NLA is alarming. > > > On Aug 31, 2022, at 4:32 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > ?The classic center is alive and well, and even just moved into a new > (much > > larger) facility inside the Long Beach VPC. Tom retired months ago, but > > hes still active online. I get parts deliveries all the time from them, > > still excellent service and loads of parts in stock. > > > > Jaime > > > >> On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 4:16 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> I have not heard that. I don?t think the classic center really does much > >> anymore anyway does it? They only have the same parts any other dealer > has > >> as far as I know. > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>> On Aug 31, 2022, at 3:14 PM, David Bruckmann via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> ?I may be late to the party, but I recently learned that Tom Hanson has > >>> retired from the MB Classic Center. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.com/ _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
