[Fot] [Vintage-race] Brake Adapters

[malaboge at aol.com]

Kerry...and all you other inquisitive types...

Well yeah I'm buildin up a non TR...it has many TR pieces on it (like most of
the front end is GT6...including the normally bolted on GT suspension towers,
which are welded to this chassis).  It also has more than a few components
from "that other" bastion of British busted knuckles...you know the one with
the nifty motto...Safety Fast.  I've got years of British iron piled around
the scatter here and try as I might, none of the piles I delved into contained
the adapters I need.  I actually had to dismantle one of the TVR's here in the
shop to make sure I wasn't goin crazy (no comments needed here) and that these
adapters existed.  Yes, they are the same as a pre-M TVR setup...like there's
a lot-o-them around!  I actually found several which looked right, but were
for the smaller Girling calipers...the ole "close but no cigar" that usually
accompanies most of my quests.  Ted S sez he has some, so I can hopefully
obtain a couple from him and get on with the long suffering resurrection of
this Elva Courier MK IV irs car...yeah its gonna be a racer too!

Too many projects an runnin out of tyme...
                       Nick in Nor Cal


-----Original Message-----
From: KBS <racecar at baltimoreknife.com>
To: malaboge at aol.com
Sent: Mon, Nov 16, 2009 4:25 am
Subject: Re: [Vintage-race] Brake Adapters


Now you have us guessing! TVR?

Kerry

----- Original Message ----- From: <malaboge at aol.com>
To: <fot at autox.team.net>; <vintage-race at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 5:36 PM
Subject: [Vintage-race] Brake Adapters

> Fellow shop rats-
>
>
> Ok you caught me...i'm workin on a non-TR...but at least it has a >
bunch-o-TR
> stuff on it. When it wouldn't move anymore cause the brakes were rusted
> tight, a helpful soul removed the calipers so that it could roll. He
> dutifully threw the calipers in the trunk, but evidently in his zeal, he
> removed the brake caliper adapters as well. No prob except they didn't > end
up
> in the trunk, and now as I attempt a reconstruction of this little beauty, >
I
> do not have the adapters. I fished several out of the pile-o-parts in the
> shop, but none are right. It would appear that they are GT6 style
> adapters...they are "round" where they bolt to the upright (the GT6 size
> upright) and take the larger 16P caliper (like a tr4).
>
>
> Anyone have a set they would care to sell to the cause?
>
>
> And yes, those are the breaks....
> Nick in Nor Cal
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