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Old 01-14-2012, 02:15 AM
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Just to add to all the confusion....A bloke at work told me that his brother in-law worked at the local ford dealer and could give me a decent price for parts. OK So I went in introduced myself and asked for the metal gasket that goes under the inlet manifold on a 351 Cleveland. Going price $90.00 plus the two gaskets at either end $12.00...ouch!
The man sold the lot to me for $43.00...YAY. Concerned, I asked him if he would get into trouble for giving me the big discount. He just shrugged and said..."No problem these parts have a 900% mark up and you are still paying too much" Go figure ?
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