I tend to have door strikers wear out at inconvenient times, so I always keep a spare one for each side.

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I've got an extra water pump housing. They are pretty expensive to replace with a new one, and cheap as dirt at the junkyard. Same goes for the vac pump. I've got an extra. I also keep a lot of spare vacuum parts. When I find good vac actuators at the yards I keep them. I also collect light lenses, they get broken easily and a spare is always nice.

These cars a starting to get old enough that parts prices are going up. I've seen the fuel level sender go from $85 to $260 in just a few years. Not everything has gone up that much but a lot of stuff has. So any good working spares I find at the junkyard I grab. Electrical switches and relays are get to horde too. A new flasher relay is $50. Just about anything is available for a 123 from the online suppliers, most of which is available within a few days. There is a list of unobtanium parts in a thread name such. Those are parts you want to grab for sure.

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