An extraordinarily brave soldier and a charismatic leader, his attempt to kill Hitler on 20 July at the Nazi leader's eastern HQ - known as the 'Wolf's Lair' - will receive the Hollywood treatment in a new film, Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise and Kenneth Branagh, being released next year.
Despite being almost a hundred years old, Dorman proudly proclaims that it's new since 1918 because of its desire to be constantly innovative. This is how it actually began. Ten years after the automobiles became popular in America, brothers Jack and Lew Dorman began taking replacement parts from junked cars and selling them in 1918.
Dorman used to be a great name in small parts, fasteners, freeze plugs, brass and copper fittings, draincocks, threaded plugs, cotter pins, the like. Parts stores would have a whole wall with chest-high drawer racks in orange and blue labeled Dorman on the front. Always top-quality parts. Today, the name is the only thing left. The real Dorman company no longer exists, it was sold years ago. They are still a source for hard-to-find parts, but quality is hit and miss at best. Mostly chinese-made stuff. Buyer beware, don't trust the name anymore. _____