| If you need a part for last year's Ford | | | | Across the Miles |
| Focus, it's not hard to find. Any Ford dealer | | | | |
| and some independent mechanics probably have | | | | The other market that is aided tremendously |
| them on their shelves waiting to pop them | | | | by online shopping is parts for foreign cars |
| under your hood. | | | | or parts for cars no longer sold in the US |
| | | | that are still being manufactured in other |
| But if the love of your automotive life is a | | | | countries. Speaking the universal language of |
| 1966 Mustang or your father's 1986 Cadillac, | | | | commerce, foreign car sales databases carry |
| the part you are looking for is lost in a | | | | parts and equipment, including metric tools |
| maze of grease-lined storage boxes in | | | | and gauges, available to any buyer. For |
| someone's warehouse. In that case, finding | | | | restorers of the classic VW Bug, this is |
| the right part for your car isn't just | | | | welcome news. The old Bug is no longer sold |
| mechanics, it's art. The internet has taken | | | | in the United States, but is still |
| that art and made it accessible to mechanics | | | | manufactured, serviced and driven in Mexico. |
| and car collectors with its vast collection | | | | Parts for US mechanics don't require a trip |
| of databases, car club forums, and dealer web | | | | across the border, just a click and some |
| carriers. | | | | international postage. The internet's range |
| | | | of reach ensures any part you need can be |
| Everything Old Is Still Available | | | | secured no matter what nation your car hails |
| | | | from. |
| Car part shopping for older model cars is | | | | |
| made for the internet. Searchable databases | | | | By the Dozen |
| allow you to specify year, make, model and | | | | |
| special designation so the right part for | | | | A final plus to internet car part shopping is |
| your car can be found no matter how old the | | | | the ability to buy in bulk. No longer do |
| vehicle may be. No more frustrating days of | | | | independent mechanics need to go to |
| hearing the mechanic say, "They don't make | | | | distributors to buy a case or gross of a |
| that gasket anymore." Now a car part not | | | | part, they can now process the order through |
| acquired in a local store can be searched for | | | | an online facility and let that company deal |
| and found in the storage houses, junkyards, | | | | with the hassles of distributorship. While |
| or garages of pack-rats anywhere. Car | | | | taking out the middle man is a national |
| restorers have found this feature of internet | | | | past-time, sometimes putting the middle man |
| shopping most appealing for finding original | | | | back in the process can save you time and |
| parts to complete their masterpieces. | | | | effort so you spend your efforts under the |
| | | | hood where they belong. |