A: OEM Owen:   You do know I’m Wise Guy and not Santa, right?  I can’t fix what came to your house from the big brown truck.  But I can give you a couple options. 

First option; you can buy the OEM parts you need and install them.  Odds are your family won’t open the hood to see the air filter or remove the shielding to see the coil, and they probably wouldn’t know that they weren’t the ones they gave you.  Then, take the parts to a swap meet next year and get them out of your house.  Second option; Be grateful that your family didn’t buy you a tie and that they spent the time to get you the parts you asked for and just put them on the ’70!  If the coil and filter only have minor deviations from OEM ones, you’ll only lose a few points.  But every time you look at those non-OEMs, you will smile thinking of how much love your family has for you and what a great Christmas you had!  See you on the judging field next year!

 Happy Holidays to all the Wise Guy Wednesday fans!

Any questions….. contact Wise Guy    guy@bloomingtongold.com