Quote Originally Posted by dr. d View Post
there was a time, when local ford stores sold entire assemblies and not tinge-tinge parts like the japanese.
ford had already left our shores. ford owners were transplanting corolla carbs and playing with the jets ("sakal!"), to replace their leaking ones.. re-building their ball joints so's they may be re-used (ang tigas ng manibela!).. mounting non-ford lighting systems.. one time, i drove home my escort, with only alambre holding my rack and pinion together.. frankenstein ruled!

one day, i was visiting the Nth auto supply, looking for parts for my orphaned escort mexico.
the counter guy utters the all-too-common-and-expected reply, "wala po."
then he turns to the next guy, listens to what the guy wants, and answers, "ano gusto mo? original oem, replacement japan, o taiwan? pang-owner o pang-bayan seller? kanan o kaliwa? ilan gusto mo?"
then and there, i decided that my next car would be japanese.

OT. memory lane.
Ah...Escort! FoMoCo parts were always sought when available. Taiwanese reps then were today's China. Rear red lamp lenses they made would fade to faint & blurry yellow. The family had a good love-hate(more love) w/ both MKs, 1 & 2.

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