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PARTS HUNTER
You’ll have noticed I’ve had a bit of a hobbyhorse of late, which is the risks involved in buying parts long-distance, particularly via the internet. Though everyone means well, all too often we’re seeing the wrong parts delivered. Sometimes it’s close, but still not right.
On top of all the Covid-related shortages and delivery delays, it’s making life in the workshop pretty exciting.
The latest was getting a manifold for a Chev C2 Corvette. We’re talking a small block 350 V8, so one of the world’s most popular engines, particularly for aftermarket restorers and tuners. So getting an inlet manifold should be a piece of cake, right? Wrong.
We had serious trouble finding anything. On approaching a trusted supplier, we were presented with something that looked right, but didn’t actually fit. And no amount of machining at my end was going to fix that. The supplier was horrified, because that meant the entire
