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Heo

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What are the odds?
« on: June 30, 2018, 06:15:01 AM »
My son has a Nissan Kingcab that needed rear brake shoes
and as he works in daytime i said i can get him shoes.
I go down to the parts store and asks for the shoes
No luck, he cant get them. Discontinued at all parts vendors
As the brakes is a copy of a regular Bendix brake, i call one of
the vendors of parts to American cars here in Sweden and ask for
a set of 1,3/4x 10 inch shoes. To what car he asks?  Ohh you don't have
them for this car, Its A -86 Nissan pick up , try a V8 Fairlane or mustang
Now you just wait a minute i have them for 82-87 
Ohhh i didn't know you sold Nissan parts...I don't, but i got them in  a shipment of
 shoes a long time back and they are still here on the shelf :o :o
Whats the odds for that??



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Re: What are the odds?
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2018, 08:11:18 AM »
Sometimes we get lucky. The vendor was probably just as happy to take something oddball off the shelf and see it go.


   
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Re: What are the odds?
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2018, 11:13:08 AM »
Sometimes we get lucky. The vendor was probably just as happy to take something oddball off the shelf and see it go.


   
Probably he said finally i got rid of those whats the odds for that ;D

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