The Dearborn Classics Online Catalog Search is a fast, easy, and powerful tool to assist you in zeroing in on the products you're after. We have taken great care to make it as intuitive as possible, but understand that we don't all think alike. The explanation here we hope will get you on your way, and the selections you make on this page can be submitted to perform a search.

Search By Part Number:

If you have your catalog handy and already know the part numbers of the parts you'd like to purchase, our new Search By Part Number feature is your express lane. The only required input in this case is the part number you're looking for. Simply enter that part number into the provided form entry field, click on Search, and you'll be presented with the appropriate online catalog page.

In a few cases, our online catalog part number is not identical to that in our printed catalog, for example, if a base part number has options encoded in our online database but not in the printed catalog. In this case, our catalog search software will present you with all of the options that apply to that base part number. You can try a Search By Part Number here:

Please note that valid characters in the part number field include letters, numbers, hyphen, asterisk, and question mark. The asterisk and question mark are used as wildcards, in which a question mark indicates any one character, and an asterisk indicates any number of characters. ANY input in the part number field causes all other inputs (model, year, category, keywords) to be ignored.

Search By Application:

Of course, if you don't have our printed catalog handy, you can search by application, with or without keywords.

Year and Model are REQUIRED.
In all cases, you must provide a year and model. There are, of course, a few cases where the year and model of your classic Ford are irrelevant, such as when you're buying one of our cool Dearborn Classics T-Shirts -- products that aren't tied to a specific vehicle will always be shown in their categories, no matter what you enter for a model and year.

ONE of Category or Keywords is REQUIRED.
You must either select a category, or provide keywords. It's okay to do both, too -- the search within the product category will be narrowed by the keywords, which may be just the ticket to finding precisely the parts you're after.

Certain words will be discarded from the search, because they are very common and are either worthless or detrimental to searching. For example, the words "other" and "never" would be discarded. We also ignore words of three or fewer characters, such as "are". After getting those words out of the way, we perform the search with the first four words that remain in the keywords you enter. The keywords are case insensitive, so it doesn't matter if you capitalize letters.

If you get too few or too many results you should try adding or removing keywords or changing categories -- but you should probably not change both in the same search, because you may miss that part you're looking for that way. If you get too few results, try removing a keyword, or, if you get too many, add a relevant keyword. If you think your keywords make sense, but you don't find the part you want, try changing the category (if you've selected one) or changing to All Categories.

If all else fails just give us a call on our toll-free line. We'd love to hear from you. That number, good in the continental US, is (800) 252-7427, and our direct line for international customers is +1 (541) 318-7471.