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Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "Taylor-Tolley Motor Co., authorized Ford agents, interior." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
They don't seem to have a lot of parts but what they do have they have a lot of. There are about 2 dozen fan assemblies on the very top shelf. Then there are close to 75 carburetors just thrown in a bin. Used? Close to 20 sets of ring and pinion gears for the rear end. And almost a whole bin of pistons. What is in the cans has me baffled. Smaller pistons? bearings? And the number of water jackets that connect the radiator hose to the block. I wonder how big their selection of nuts, bolts and washers is.
Back story and photo of the exterior of this parts department is: The building at the corner of 14th and T Streets, NW, served as a showroom, auto supply store, and repair shop. It was built in two stages. The first, the larger three-story portion, was designed in 1919 by DC architect B. Stanley Simmons for a Ford dealership, the Taylor-Tolley Sales Company.
By 1922, the company was called the R.L. Taylor Motor Company, and added the 46-foot high portion to the south of the original building. The company also switched from Fort to Chevrolet in 1926, when it had 65 employees.
https://ggwash.org/view/2325/then-and-now-and-future-taylor-motors-to-ro... and there's the exterior of the building also.
I'll bet dollars to donuts that whatever part that guy asks for--it's going to be on the top shelf!
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