When I was growing up we all used Hastings starters, solenoids and clutches because they were a local company and you could depend on their work.
There was nothing worse than having a bad new part after all the labor spent to replace it, especially a clutch assembly.
I think they went out of business in the 80's.
I found a picture of H.B. Hastings on the APRA website (
https://apra.org/page/1950APRA).
Back then rebuild businesses had technical clinics, trade shows, convention meetings and Miss APRA.
A different era.
