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nelsb01

08-09-2016 @ 8:15 AM

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After what seems like so many decades, Little Dearborn Ford Parts in Minneapolis MN will be closing its doors sometime early next year.
According to the owner, the building has been sold, and there will be an auction of parts.
Dates are not known at this time.
So, if you are still looking for that original Ford part -- for your Model T, Model A, Early V-8, mid 50's -- now would be the time to contact them. Lots of mechanical parts. Sheet metal also.
www.littledearborn.com

08-09-2016 @ 4:00 PM

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What a shame!

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08-09-2016 @ 5:41 PM

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I bought great NOS Genuine parts from what I think was the original owner of Little Dearborn starting in 1971. Remember a brand new in unopened box roof mount antennae for '46 Ford and Genuine Ford cowl mount mirrors,none were reproduced at that time.

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08-09-2016 @ 5:46 PM

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If you were ever allowed to tour around in the building, it was like walking behind the parts counter at the local Ford Dealer -- 1958.
You never know -- they still have great stuff.

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08-09-2016 @ 7:59 PM

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I did that, and was amazed at the stuff. Shelves to the roof with fenders, doors, glass, hoods, everything NOS that I can remember.

Another place that's amazing, not nearly as big, but judging from the extremely modest front, then going in the back, Wow! Baxter Ford in Lawrence, KS. has got to be the biggest surprise you'll have for a while!

Alan

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08-10-2016 @ 7:20 PM

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Someone from CA on 'the ford barn' says that they are 'down sizing'. Yes, sort of. One of the owners is keeping the re-production side of the business. But the high end items (fenders, signs, gas pumps, other sheet metal, bins, etc) will go to auction.
So, the building is still sold. And there is tooooooooooooooo much to move, so you do the math.

Again, if you are looking for anything, now is the time to check it out.

woodiewagon46

08-11-2016 @ 7:12 AM

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Man, Job-Lot closed last year along with several other places, now Little Dearborn is closing. What the heck is happening to the hobby. I know we are all getting older and not many people are building old Fords now a days but when will it end.

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08-11-2016 @ 7:35 AM

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It appears the problem is twofold; The people in the hobby are aging and the people who own the businesses are aging and want to retire. In addition the younger people are into later model cars. I'm also seeing antique stores closing the doors as the younger generations are not "collectors".

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I guess your right about owners aging. I was in Job Lot about a week or two before they closed and the guy's were saying that during the '70s and '80s the place was mobbed on saturday. Nowadays there wouldn't be a dozen customers. The land (Queens, NY) was worth more than the business, so the owners retired.

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Selling on the Internet has a lot to do with it as well....

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