nearest to you are Sacramento Vintage Ford in Sacto, and AllFord in Los Gatos. You can call them and they'll FedEx it to you quick.
http://www.vintageford.com/
You should join a chapter near you. You will find lots of support and hands on help. The SF chapter is a small but real friendly bunch of guys and women.
http://www.sfmodelaclub.org/
I don't know the San Diego clubs, but someone here will probably chime in and give you the contact info.
You will find most of us buy parts by catalog/mail houses, Favorites for quality are:
Brattons
Snyders
Berts
Mikes
A&L
Standard