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0 DATELINE NAPA VOLUME 3 NUMBER 2 DEARBORN, MICHIGAN GERACE'S AUTO PARTS... ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL FARM SHOW LIMITED EDITION PACE CAR AT MILLER HIGH LIFE 150 CARRIES 1983 NAPA/NIASE MECHANIC OF THE YEAR A turnout of over 200 customers listen to NAPA Jobber Sam Gerace speak at Gerace's Auto Parts recent Farm Show. NAPA Jobber Sam Gerace, owner of Gerace's Auto Parts, is a firm believer in the value of holding Farm Shows. His most recent effort testifies to their popularity: over 200 farm customers attended Gerace's Auto Parts' most recent Farm Show held in Napoleonville, Louisiana. Gerace's Auto Parts, serviced out of the NAPA New Orleans Distribution Center, com prises seven stores located throughout Louisiana. PARTS HOUSE JIVE Robert J. Leone, the 1983 NAPA/NIASE Mechanic of the year, was invited to ride in the pace car at the Miller High Life 150 Indy Car Championship held this past October at Phoenix Inter national Raceway. Here, Leone (right) is greeted by Chris Economaki, editor of National Speed Sport News and veteran TV race commentator. In my automotive magazines, from time to time I see The perils of the counterman expressed in poetry. We've sought appreciation for all that we must know. We've been compared to doctors --except for all that dough. Folks still don't understand why we grill them like detectives; But if we don't get things right. We 're stuck with claimed defectives. I'm sick of age-old phrases that we hear both night and day. Here are just a few of them some folks are known to say... "I know that it's a Ford, and I think it's a 350." (We know he means 351 -- which one is still a mystery.) 18 The next guy wants exhaust valves for a 318. I ask him for the engine code -- he screams, "They're all the same!" And then there are the people with a car that fails to start. They want to buy the store out -- then return the unneeded parts. "The starter I bought yesterday I think is going bad -- Just like that battery you sold me. And now I'm really mad!" This man is really nasty so I try to hide my frown As I tell this "ace mechanic" he forgot to check his ground. And then there are the women whose husbands make them call For the prices of "some little box that's on the firewall." In spite of all the hassles that face me every hour, My sense of humor keeps things from really going sour. "I must remove my windshield and I need a special tool." So I hand him a big hammer -- he laughs, and thinks that's cool. A lady has a bumper that's covered up with tar; I offer her a lug wrench to take the "tars" off her car. So every time I get a chance I'll try to make things funny So at least folks will be happy when it's time to take their money. Rick Glass, Manager Warsaw Automotive Supply Warsaw, Indiana