Long gone dealers of military and useful stuff

[Grant Bowker]

I was aware of the purchase of Obsolete Chevy by Jim Carter, I only wish they had also accepted the Tygart practice of using the Chevrolet part numbers rather than creating their own. Mac's had started to transition from Ford numbers to their own made up system as they transitioned to part of the Ecklers group. I recently received a catalog from them that proudly proclaimed they were returning to the Ford part numbers "for ease of ordering". Ford and Chevrolet had numbering systems that worked for a long period of time to keep huge inventories straight. Why invent a new system to replace one that works? Tygart used to add an "R" to reproduction parts and also made it clear if the part was in any way not an original part.