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just thought i'd share: took the '30 for a little "shake down" jaunt to the local grocery. when i got back to the flivver i found someone had stolen the floor button for the starter. kind'a takes the fun out of it. i sigh. jim
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Major bummer. That's just wrong.
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That's awful!! Weird.....why would anyone want to steal the starter button?! Just a thought...maybe the starter button fell off.....did you look around on the floor? Do you have a spare starter button?   
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i surely did look all over that floor..twice; the store parking lot too. "they" had to unthread it. i don't understand it, i just report it. i don't see one in the filling station catalog (no spare). maybe "they" didn't either. j
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That is bad news did you try looking at http://www.20schevyparts.com/ Gary Wallace might have one new or used.
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i'll try later today, thanks. jim
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thanks andy. i talked with gary and he's sending me a starter button. $20. problem solved. i am glad to have a place to cry. jim
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Someone sniped my radiator cap a while back, now I put a spare on & no one takes it. I take my eagle off if I leave the car.
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That's awful!! Weird.....why would anyone want to steal the starter button?! Just a thought...maybe the starter button fell off.....did you look around on the floor? Do you have a spare starter button? I agree it is just Weird!
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1962 2 door Impala Hardtop 409/409 4spd
1962 2 Door Biscayne Sedan 327/250 Auto
1977 Monza Mirage 305 4 Speed
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someone might steal a starter button if they didn't have one and were too stupid, and/or lazy to find one. harvest time in the parking lot. i didn't know where to look after failing to find one at fillingstation.com. andy, thanks again for the "gary wallace" info, jim.
the chevy six clatter means nothing's the matter.
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That means, whoever stole the starter button must have known what they were doing and needed it for their Chevie. Hard to believe one of our "own" Chevie owners would stupe to stealing from another Chevie person.
My Chevy is over 70 years old and still running great. I hope I keep running cuz I just turned 81 !!
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someone might steal a starter button if they didn't have one and were too stupid, and/or lazy to find one. harvest time in the parking lot. i didn't know where to look after failing to find one at fillingstation.com. andy, thanks again for the "gary wallace" info, jim.
the chevy six clatter means nothing's the matter. It's not like these cars are common. I had the starter button "back off" on my 31 and fall out the door a few times. I just don't see it, and I am a product of the Bronx where things like that were a common event.
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1960 2 door Impala Hardtop 348/340HP 4spd
1962 2 door Impala Hardtop 409/409 4spd
1962 2 Door Biscayne Sedan 327/250 Auto
1977 Monza Mirage 305 4 Speed
1988 Celebrity Wagon
2018 GMC Sierra 2500 HD Diesel
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