Unbelievable frustraion at "No Auto Parts Available"

In the old days, you could buy a king-pin for a Model T in any country store, and the ebay of the day was the Sears catalog. Of course, they didn't have so much stuff then, stuff cost much more, and it wasn't designed for obsolescence. Flip-side is that Ford's factories were inflexible and so locked into Model T production that he was late to come out with new designs and lost much market share. That did help the Dodge Bro's with their more modern car bodies.