Listers, Can someone possibly help Mark out?!
Brad (off to VIR in an hour) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Diesel Performance Parts Inc. - Info <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:45 AM Subject: [Fot] HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To: [email protected] Morning FOTer's, As always posting because I need help, having owned a Spit and a TR6 back in the "day" I sold my Shelby race car and started racing a Spit, love it but I am sort of out of it as compared to the Ford parts and where to get what and what fits what and such. So back to my problem, going like a mad man with NDA shipments and such to get ready to reinstall my originally incorrectly made Summer Brothers axles and while doing that I was going to upgrade to GT6 rear drums. As you know the only way to get the backing plates changed is to ruin a bearing locking ring, maybe ruin a bearing and have to totally take out both axles, hubs etc etc. Anyway got all my parts in painted prepped and waiting on Summer Brothers to send my now hopefully correctly re done axles back NDA yesterday. Got'em in left the office and went home to put it all together and planned leave this AM for VIR and the VDCA race. All my buddies left Wed and I was to catch up. Well I get the 7/16" race wheel studs pressed in and spot welded in place and I am ready to drop on the 4 bolt flange with the axle seal followed by the brake backing plates and guess what, the bolt pattern on the backing plates I was sent is off by at least 1/2" !!!!! Turns out they are Rotoflex backing plates and not the ones that match the Spitfire 4 bolt pattern. So I spend a couple of hours calling everyone I know (especially west coast places as I need them NDA today) and no one has/will take the time/or whatever) to see if they have any. So VIR and the VCDA is out. But I still need the right backing plates. So does anyone have any they would sell to me? They backing plates have a 2.0" center hole, the smaller Spit bolt pattern around 2 3/8" center to center measurement and are for the 8" x 1.5" shoe size. They have the same wheel cylinder as a Spit and also the same manual brake adjuster set up. By the way the GT6 parts car I have has 8" x 1.5" drum brakes if anyone needs them, they are "supposedly" rare??? Price can be REALLY right as I need to re coup all the NDA charges I spent on nothing now that VIR is out!!!! Thanks from Brakeless in Tennessee!! Hoping the "List" can help! Mark Craig Diesel Performance Parts, INC. 411 Allied Drive Nashville, TN 37211 866-455-7788 Phone 615-834-9923 Fax www.dieselperformanceparts.com _______________________________________________ [email protected] Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Archive: http://www.team.net/archive Forums: http://www.team.net/forums Unsubscribe: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/[email protected] _______________________________________________ [email protected] Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual donation $11.47 Archive: http://www.team.net/archive Forums: http://www.team.net/forums Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spitfires/[email protected]
