What does this sticker mean?
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Auto-Lite/Motorcraft distributor Hollywood Auto Parts gave dealers a card with the parts mans lament printed on it.
I first read it in 1962 when I was at Leon Ames Ford in Encino. It was thumb tacked to the wall next to the front counter.
btw: Does smle refer to Short Magazine Lee Enfield?
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I didn't write it, in fact no one knows who did.
Auto-Lite/Motorcraft distributor Hollywood Auto Parts gave dealers a card with the parts mans lament printed on it.
I first read it in 1962 when I was at Leon Ames Ford in Encino. It was thumb tacked to the wall next to the front counter.
btw: Does smle refer to Short Magazine Lee Enfield?
Auto-Lite/Motorcraft distributor Hollywood Auto Parts gave dealers a card with the parts mans lament printed on it.
I first read it in 1962 when I was at Leon Ames Ford in Encino. It was thumb tacked to the wall next to the front counter.
btw: Does smle refer to Short Magazine Lee Enfield?
You could always sign it author unknown.
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P.S. It's "successor" .
Dennis
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We had one of those in Tucson AZ years ago. When I-10 widened (again) and Grant Rd got the same treatment (thank you taxpayers and crooked businessmen) it had to close. When it was over 100 degrees (60+ days in a row) you would be rolling up your windows if you had no A/C and making all the funny faces. Even with A/C it was eye watering! Personally I loved the product!
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Now there is a somewhat common grammatical slip-up here on FTE.
I'm still waiting for someone to call you "NumberDoggy" because of your avatar...
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Yeah! My bad!
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L/A County Ford dealers. Back then, I lived in West L/A, didn't want to drive any further than I had to.
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Seems the thread digressed some and no one exhibit "Thin Skin", which happens frequent on the 97-96 forum. Perhaps it's attributed to our years and not letting things get to us that are insignificant in the grand scheme.
Getting back to the thread, back in early 2009 I purchased from the local Oxnard (Vista) Ford dealership a re-manufactured 5.0 L engine for my 1995 Ford F-150 and it has an aluminum gray colored "Re-Manufactured" tag glued to the block. I've been very happy with the re-manufactured engine, believe over ~ 20K miles have been logged since the engine been installed, not a single problem and uses no oil. Back in early 2009 Ford had an excess of inventory and were selling the 5.0 L engines for $1,900 and included a 100K mile warranty. A 100K mile warranty isn't even offered with a new Ford gasoline vehicles to this day (not sure of diesels). Not sure if it was Bill (ND) that commented a few years ago that Ford incorporated good quality control with there selected re-manufacture vendors, which is comforting knowing.
Getting back to the thread, back in early 2009 I purchased from the local Oxnard (Vista) Ford dealership a re-manufactured 5.0 L engine for my 1995 Ford F-150 and it has an aluminum gray colored "Re-Manufactured" tag glued to the block. I've been very happy with the re-manufactured engine, believe over ~ 20K miles have been logged since the engine been installed, not a single problem and uses no oil. Back in early 2009 Ford had an excess of inventory and were selling the 5.0 L engines for $1,900 and included a 100K mile warranty. A 100K mile warranty isn't even offered with a new Ford gasoline vehicles to this day (not sure of diesels). Not sure if it was Bill (ND) that commented a few years ago that Ford incorporated good quality control with there selected re-manufacture vendors, which is comforting knowing.
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So, despite the location of the sticker, that's a GPD rebuild sticker, should be on the block, (Genuine Parts Distributors), I installed many many of them, had a lot of problems with them, oil consumption, cold piston slap, valve guide/seal issues, valve jobs not properly sealing or burning a valve in 3-4000 miles, oil leaks, head gasket leaks (until they went to perfect seal on the gaskets) I got to know the GPD reps well, even took a tour through the GPD machine shop, I will say though some were just fine, had one in my 79 F250.
I had much better luck with the Fred Jones rebuilds, they were a big U Haul rebuilt engine supplier.
This was also back in the early 80's and in SoCal, I would think other areas and more recent engines would be different.
I had much better luck with the Fred Jones rebuilds, they were a big U Haul rebuilt engine supplier.
This was also back in the early 80's and in SoCal, I would think other areas and more recent engines would be different.
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So, despite the location of the sticker, that's a GPD rebuild sticker, should be on the block, (Genuine Parts Distributors), I installed many many of them, had a lot of problems with them, oil consumption, cold piston slap, valve guide/seal issues, valve jobs not properly sealing or burning a valve in 3-4000 miles, oil leaks, head gasket leaks (until they went to perfect seal on the gaskets) I got to know the GPD reps well, even took a tour through the GPD machine shop, I will say though some were just fine, had one in my 79 F250.
I had much better luck with the Fred Jones rebuilds, they were a big U Haul rebuilt engine supplier.
This was also back in the early 80's and in SoCal, I would think other areas and more recent engines would be different.
I had much better luck with the Fred Jones rebuilds, they were a big U Haul rebuilt engine supplier.
This was also back in the early 80's and in SoCal, I would think other areas and more recent engines would be different.
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