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Originally posted by pwd72s
Good point above about knowing the part number. Mopar again...I wanted a windage tray in my A block 360 during it's rebuild. Local dealer said NLA...I called Mopar Performance, they gave the part number. My old truck has a windage tray. I have the Porsche PET disc...now to figure out how to use it should the need arrive.
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It is very detailed and straightforward, simple to use.
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Originally posted by Dennis Kalma
I have been buying parts from Porsche for my restoration projects since 1984, and there is a marked difference in availability and pricing since Wendel Wunderkind took over....and not for the better.
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...That group of fanatics (like me) are the source of the mystique and brand loyalty....IMNSHO
I think we, as a list (maybe get the Rennlist guys engaged as well) ought to lobby them to do all the simple stuff, like make manuals easily available (even the updates), keep PET up to date (they seem to be doing that), make technical information available to registered users for cars more than 10 years old. How about a classic parts pricing deal or remarketing to aftermarket parts if they can't source it themselves....how about running a freakin' bulletin board like this will their guys on it to provide input....no insult Wayne, you are great, but there is stuff that only the wizards at Porsche know...
Maybe we can engage one of the lobby group guys who push the NRA or Kyoto to help (any on the list....like l*wyers?), they seem to have success pushing basically antisocial activity to intelligent people....gotta be some smarts or sliminess there we can use?
Dennis
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An excellent idea Dennis, sort of what I was trying to precipitate, someone else proposing a group effort so I can obtain a windshield frame seal for
my car (You have to say this like Mark Hamill in Corvette Summer for the proper effect). I imagine this would do well as a grass roots internet deal, perhaps meet at the vintage auto races at Laguna Seca, Sears Point etc, and set up a sandwich board in the Porsche parking area. You can bet your ass they don't want a bunch of pissed off, brie eating, brandy sniftering guys who tend to have several cars b[I]i[I]tching about finding parts.
Question is, do you say a big "F" you to them and just show up, see if they call security on us and make us park somewhere else; though I suppose the Porsche tent area I went to was the PCA, not Porsche, and they would probably loan you a megaphone so they could hear you in the paddock.
I guess I should be glad I don't have a thing for Italian cars