[Zeke]

I won't go into a chain parts store unless it's NAPA and I don't have a great affinity for them.

However, there is story here. I bought a master cylinder for the '44 Jeep which uses an old Ford truck MC because the Jeep I have is a GPW (Ford, not Willys). I got this from NAPA in 2020 for $90. I went to the cheap independent where all the backyard mechanics go the next week to buy this and that and asked about the Ford MC.
"Yes, sir, we have one. 50 bucks no exchange."

So I returned the NAPA one because they looked the same to me. The counter guy who happened to understand cars and adapting parts and was a genius in locating obscure parts in 4 feet of paper catalogs told me, "When you get to the cashier counter tell them you work for the city and they will discount 40%." (The price at the cheap place.)

I did that for 20 years and they never asked for an ID.

But I would at the time go into AZ a block away for cheap one time tools or goofy exhaust couplings. Stuff that NAPA wouldn't touch. Now I just buy everything I need (not much) online.

Or Walmart for oil related stuff. It's close.