Saw this post and could not help but want to comment. Have had my impatient go arounds with all the gas pump parts guys for sure. One thing I did with all of them at the get go was to keep on asking when, why can't, and when. Took me a few years to realize that everyone else had 15-50 people asking them to do the same thing and I would just have to wait like everyone else.
We are not in the big dollar market of parts here like say the auto parts national stores, but have a few dedicated people who service our hobby. They may all wish to have more help or less help, but who doesn't and who can afford this?
Ron has always came through for me with my parts and yes information. Been around the block with him for over thirty years I believe and I would hope to be there longer.
Is he busy, you bet, does he have his own personal things going on, You bet.
He still helps a lot of people. I can't say as to what else goes on, but I know one thing, one by one the guys who make stuff in the hobby may go away. We will be looking and wishing they were still here, god knows we have lost a lot of the older collectors.
Our friend Dick Bennett comes to mind, Uncle Dick
