[DeTomaso] Vendors

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Did I say -all- parts would be cheaper?  Did I say Pantera vendors were 
dedicated to "not making money?"  That's ridiculous, they are in 
business just like anyone other business, to make money.  They can 
provide some parts cheaper and faster because they buy them as directs 
at lower prices.  Other parts are more expensive, sometimes because the 
vendor has spent the money to tool up and re-pop the part themselves.

All I'm saying is that sometimes you'll spend a little more, but it will 
have been worth it, since your own time is money too.  You certainly can 
take as much time as you want to find it on your own and pay less.

And on the other side of that, when a $15 rubber shift boot sells on 
ebay for over $150 to some dumba** who won't call up a Pantera vendor to 
buy one for $15, I think the vendors have every right to jack the price 
higher.  It's a matter of what the market will bear.

Asa Jay

pantera3641 at azballistics.com wrote:

> I have an older Hall catalog that shows muffler hangers costing $60 each, Group 17, page 22.  How does that fit in to our vendors dedication?I got four from a local shop for $5 in total after seeing that ridicilous price.  Can someone explain their dedication to not making money?Ron ScottWell said, AJ! I wrote a small article on this subject a decade or so back in 
> which I noted that most of the vendors could make more money pumping gas for 
> ARCO than supplying parts for an orphan Italo-american hot rod, if that all 
> they were interested in. Its their dedication thats kept the things running far 
> beyond (and far BETTER) than Allessandro's wildest dreams. My 2¢- J DeRyke
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      1973 Pantera L 5533
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