Can anyone help?
Begin forwarded message:
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>
> Peter Ross, former Team Lotus design member and Historic Lotus
> Register Membership Secretary, has asked me to help locate a
> 3Halibrand V8 Quick-Change2 rear assembly for a one-off 1953 Lotus he
> is restoring.
>
> He says it must be a Halibrand. He prefers aluminum over magnesium.
> An assembled ready to install system is preferable.
>
> He knows there are new parts available but he is looking for a
> pre-1963 set-up. However, he is open to all information and leads.
>
> He wrote to me:
>
> "What I have decided to go for is the Halibrand V8 Rear End, which is
> still made and has hardly changed over the years. It normally comes
> as a complete "live" axle, but I do not need the axle casings and the
> outer
> hubs.
>
> "I DO need the half shafts (or at least the inner end of them),
> and the aluminium side casings.
>
> "I am told that they normally come as a fixed axle, without a
> differential, but that differentials are available on the after
> market.
>
> Crown Wheels ("Ring Gears") and Pinions are also available on the
> after market, as are Change Gears. As near as possible I need a 4.11
> to 1 ratio (9x37 teeth) with 23/24 change gears."
>
> I am attaching some photos of what he has now. He's been told it is a
> "V8" rear assembly.
>
> Any HLR member in the USA who has info or a source for such a rear
> assembly is encouraged to contact Peter or me. Peter can be reached
> via the HLR website.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Bob Engberg
> BobEngberg@netscape.net
> Julian, CA
> 760-765-1984
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