Spurious Parts

[Rodger Erickson]

Found these shackles in the pile of stuff that didn't sell at Bakersfield... apparently these were first sold in the 1960's, and probably made in Japan. Has anybody had any experience (good or bad) with repop shackles such as these? I have to ask, because repop parts market was kind of a free-for-all a couple generations ago, and a lot of low-quality ("spurious" as Mr. Ford would say) parts were unloaded on unsuspecting buyers. These particular parts look decent enough, but I don't want to find out otherwise at 40 MPH. Please let me know what you think.

[Humblej]

Those are very good quality. Much better than a lot of the junk made today. If you do not want to use them I will buy them from you.

[Steve Jelf]

Shackles cost more than bushings. I want to reduce wear on the shackles, so I use bronze bushings. I don't know if my theory is correct, but thats what I do.

[TRDxB2]

Found these shackles in the pile of stuff that didn't sell at Bakersfield... apparently these were first sold in the 1960's, and probably made in Japan. Has anybody had any experience (good or bad) with repop shackles such as these? I have to ask, because repop parts market was kind of a free-for-all a couple generations ago, and a lot of low-quality ("spurious" as Mr. Ford would say) parts were unloaded on unsuspecting buyers. These particular parts look decent enough, but I don't want to find out otherwise at 40 MPH. Please let me know what you think.

My first order of Model T parts by mail, was from Standard Auto Parts in Quincy Illinois. I received shackles & spindle bolts in those pale yellow boxes with red lettering. Still have a box of shackles. Don't know if the soucer of parts can be identified by the pale yellow box. As many know Earnest Hemmings of the same Standard Auto Parts is the one that started Hemmings Motor News
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/articl ... t-hemmings
That store, Standard Auto Parts, at first did mostly wholesale sales, but expanded to retail as its customer base and inventory grew. Ernest started out in the family business in 1945, remembering that, "I wasn't really inclined toward being a machinist back then, so I became a counter person." He served in the U.S. armed forces during the Korean War, and he was mustered out of the service shortly before his father died in 1954.
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[John kuehn]

Lots of the older after market parts avaliable in the 50’s - 70’s weren’t all junk. The ones pictured look pretty good. We’d like to have original NOS Ford parts of course and still look for them. The good aftermarket parts are OK and when we find good originals we should save the older repos for next time. My opinion

[JohnM]

Thanks for posting the link to the article about Ernie Hemmings, I got my first T in 81 and would drive to Quincy to visit my Uncle and buy parts from Ernie. I still have one of his parts catalog. My how prices have changed!

[ModelT46]

My first catalog from E. Hemmings was on a pink memograph sheet. In 1956 I visited him in Quincy. About that time I started to advertise with him. Later on my ad was on the back cover. (Early 1960s) I may be the longest subsriber to Hemmings.