Thanks everyone for your info. Unfortunately, I purchased from
discountautoparts.com before I read that they might not get me the right
part. Hopefully, they will. I'll let ya know.
Woody
'69 2000
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Hollands <bholland@hayes.ds.adp.com>
To: <dwoodru1@tampabay.rr.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 4:01 PM
Subject: RE: Rear brake shoes??
> Wow, you know a few folks too. Sounds like we can have our own Sun Coast
> Roadster club. I haven't heard of Bill Harvey but would love to do a
rally
> up to his place to check out what he's got. David was into the idea too.
> He'd mentioned it a few months ago when I found the list. My car is apart
> at the moment for an engine rebuild. Does Bill Harvey do any machine work
> or have any recommendations? I was planning on using 3D in Tampa to bore
> the block and balance everything. Mine should be together in a couple of
> months as well.
> Be a bit careful with Discountautoparts.com - someone ordered some stuff
> from them a few weeks ago and the parts were not correct - it was posted
on
> the list.
> Brian
>
> Brian Hollands
> Client Operations Analyst
> ADP/Hayes-Ligon
> (813) 672-4408 Office
> (800) 523-8477x414 Voice Mail
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dwoodru1@tampabay.rr.com [mailto:dwoodru1@tampabay.rr.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 11:37 AM
> To: bholland@hayes.ds.adp.com
> Subject: RE: Rear brake shoes??
>
> Brian,
> Thanks for the info. I ordered some from www.discountautoparts.com (Not
> the
> same as the chain) for 13.26 ea. I don't know yet if they have them in
> stock,
> but we'll find out. I actually live in Clearwater, but work in Tampa by
USF
> at
> Verizon. I have a '69 2000. My uncle, Glenn, lives in Lakeland and has a
> '66
> 1600 that I sold him about 10 years ago, which he is very close to
> finishing.
> Have you heard of Bill Harvey? He works on them almost exclusively in
> Lakeland. He races them too, and knows lots of things about them, as well
as
> parts. I went to his shop last weekend, and he had about 10 of them in
his
> garage including a 67.5 2000 (CHERRY!) Once mine is road worthy (2
> months-ish)
> we should plan a little rally. See ya and thanks again.
>
>
> > Woody,
> > Do you have a list of the vendors? Most are out in California or
> Washington
> > state. Living on the east coast I have gotten used to ordering stuff.
> > There is also Jim Tyler in Cumming Ga. jtyler-p-ga@ga.prestige.net but
he
> > usually doesn't get stuff out quickly and there is Don Morrell at Rising
> Sun
> > Racing (423) 878-3147. There is also a place in (I think) Montgomery Al
> > called Roadster Mart. You might look them up on Yahoo. You can also
> always
> > have your old shoes re-lined. I haven't done that here in Tampa yet but
> you
> > can usually find a place that does such stuff in the phone book under
> either
> > Automotive Brakes or Clutches. You would need some place that
> > remanufactures those parts not someplace that just sells them.
> > Brian
> >
> > By the way, where in Tampa are you. There are a few of here now. David
> Fox
> > has a car here although he lives in Orlando and there's a guy in Apollo
> > Beach with a 68 that has had a rotary conversion.
> >
> >
> > Brian Hollands
> > Client Operations Analyst
> > ADP/Hayes-Ligon
> > (813) 672-4408 Office
> > (800) 523-8477x414 Voice Mail
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> > dwoodru1@tampabay.rr.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 9:51 AM
> > To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Rear brake shoes??
> >
> > Can anyone please tell me where to get rear brake shoes? No luck at my
> > local
> > auto parts stores, or Nissan. I was hoping to find them for less than
> $30.
> > Is
> > this possible? Brake pads were easy to find and cheap. Thanks.
> >
> > Woody
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