The thrill is gone?

Good Lord, I hadn't considered that!

I grew-up in a Ford household, and have had three different '69 Mustangs over the years. But that was all Back In The Day, before the Interwebs, and eBay, and FB Marketplace (etc.). Back when you had to scour the junkyards, or "know someone who knew someone" (before "networking" was a Thing) if you wanted to find a Shaker hood, a modular 9", or add A/C to a non-A/C car...

I really got a kick out of finding those hard-to-find parts! Now it's all "click-click, shopping cart, checkout, done".

(Interesting!)
I say old car life was WAY more fun back before the net and CL etc and when we had to actually TALK to people to find what we wanted!!!!! No cell, NO text, TALK!!
Getting up to the truck stop at 6 AM to buy that Kansas City Sunday paper for just the want ads!!! It was so fun!!! A treasure hint in 1986 and beyond!!