[AT] Clutch parts for antique tractors

[Grant Brians]

Friends, on Friday I went into the friendly clutch shopover in Salinas for 
parts for one of our Oliver 77s (the WFE Super 77 Diesel.) I had an 
interesting conversation with the proprietor. He cannot get the parts for 
rebuilding most clutch discs, pressure plates and related items any more! He 
can sell the pre-made ones, but the suppliers have moved their factories to 
Mexico or elsewhere and will not sell parts in less than HUGE quantities on 
the few who do sell the parts still. Fortunately the new clutch disc and 
throwout bearing I needed he had in stock, but that still was rather 
dismaying. Is this the case nationwide????
        Grant Brians
        Hollister, California