Ah, but I love the (car) hunt

OP , I think you are correct. It still is going to be best deals when you know who the Mopar guys re in your area. That's the way I started out. A guy in high school was into big blocks, I stuck with small blocks. he'd always call with small block parts,:hey do you want a 318?".."do you want an intake and 4 barrel off a 360?" things like that and sometimes he'd give it for free or gas money to deliver it etc. it wasn't a money racket like now. And Carlisle..? I am an hour away haven't been there in years...I dunno ,it got too big, and one year there was a guy selling Kelsey -hayes disc setup that was worse junk than what I had on my car and my stuff was bad, rust pitted etc. carlisle is good if yui have a good eye for deals, one of th elast things I bough t there was a carpet set.10% off...I did meet Dick Landy there one year...good times.