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This is a list of auto parts, which are manufactured components of automobiles. This list reflects both fossil-fueled cars (using internal combustion engines) and electric vehicles; the list is not exhaustive. Many of these parts are also used on other motor vehicles such as trucks and buses.
A business using a part will often use a different part number than the various manufacturers of that part do. This is especially common for catalog hardware, because the same or similar part design (say, a screw with a certain standard thread, of a certain length) might be made by many corporations (as opposed to unique part designs, made by only one or a few).
During the 1930s, the Ford Model A (and Model B) engines were popular for racing, [1] [39] [40] in part because their lightweight internal moving parts had little inertia to overcome in acceleration – both from the starting line, and from acceleration out of curves. However, that same light construction resulted in fragile engines that often ...
Ford launched this auto parts division in 1972 to provide replacement parts and original equipment parts. This brand replaced Autolite as Ford's official parts brand. Autolite has continued since and is still a brand name in use today. Motorcraft was originally launched in the 1950s and was temporarily discontinued after Ford had purchased the ...
Production ended with the 1932 models. The plant was converted to a Ford Regional Parts Depot (1 of 3 designated “slow-moving parts branches") and remained so until 1967, when the plant closed, and was then sold in 1968 to The Fred Jones Companies, an authorized re-manufacturer of Ford and later on, also GM Parts.
A parts book, parts catalogue or illustrated part catalogue is a book published by a manufacturer which contains the illustrations, part numbers and other relevant data for their products or parts thereof. Parts books were often issued as microfiche, though this has fallen out of favour.