[Fot] Fw: Fw: Detroit Locker

[Rick Parent]

Nope, just AutoCad and a pair of calipers.

Rick


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Alexander" <n197tr4 at cs.com>
To: "Rick Parent" <rick.parent at att.net>
Cc: <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 8:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Fw: Detroit Locker


Rick,

I assume you have access to CMM equipment and programs like SolidWorks?


Joe Alexander
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> On Feb 26, 2014, at 7:22 PM, "Rick Parent" <rick.parent at att.net> wrote:
>
> I will be making them myself, it is very hard to have anything done 
> anymore. I am planning on making some for Datsuns also, other Triumphs may 
> be another option, depending on the interest. But the Spit will be first 
> test.
>
> Rick
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang at isis.mit.edu>
> To: "Rick Parent" <rick.parent at att.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 10:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Detroit Locker
>
>
>>
>> Hi - If that pans out (you can get some made), I'd love to see if this 
>> could be done for big TR's too.
>>
>> Are you looking at having Detroit Locker make them? I only ask because I 
>> tried contacting them in the past (maybe 1999 timeframe) and at that time 
>> there was no interest in making a run of any size... bear in mind that 
>> this was a "soft inquiry", but I was willing to at least try to get 
>> something going.
>>
>> regards,
>> rml
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Bob Lang              Triumph TR6!!            |  This space for rent
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>>> On Wed, 26 Feb 2014, Rick Parent wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, I would like to build some of these. I want some for our cars and I 
>>> also
>>> think there is a market for them. We are running welded diffs as the 
>>> best
>>> option at the moment. The Quaif diffs are a very expensive joke on a 
>>> Spit.
>>> The DL allows the car to be free while turning which is a great 
>>> advantage over
>>> the welded diff. It also is much easier to push around the garage ;-)
>>>
>>> Rick
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: John Styduhar
>>> To: Rick Parent
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 9:21 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Fot] Detroit Locker
>>>
>>>
>>> Rick, when you say "run" does that mean you plan to manufacture these 
>>> units.
>>> I have a Detroit Locker for a TR4 and need some spare parts.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Rick Parent <rick.parent at att.net> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>   Does anyone have a Detroit Locker for a Spit / GT6 I could buy or 
>>> borrow?
>>> I
>>>   would like to make a run of them.
>>>
>>>   Thanks, Rick
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