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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I’ve got the Southwick parts and made the cutting and welding myself.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Not too difficult.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>What a shame the car rolled. I was working on the engine short before the race to make the car going and the laptimes were promising.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>After 2 hours the axle broke. Too bad.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=DE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> DAVE HOGYE <dlhogye@comcast.net> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 29, 2025 8:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> tr4racing@googlemail.com; Chris Marx via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>; Bob Kramer <rkramer56@gmail.com>; Philip Gott <vfracing@aol.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Fot] Southwick Conversion<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Yes, Joe. I have brought this up to the group before. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Southwick does not true or align the tubes to the housing before welding on the flanges. They set the Ford flanges on a long straight/solid rod, that is attached at the carrier bearing saddles and sticks out of the axle tubes and then weld the flanges on the tubes. These alignment tools are available, for a few hundred bucks. So, the tube ends will likely be off center to the flanges as mine very obviously were if the tubes are not trued. I called Southwick about this. This might not be a big deal to most, but why not true the tubes in the housing before welding on the flanges. The i.d. of the flange is larger than the o.d. of the tube and the large gap gets filled with a big fat weld, instead of using a spacer sleeve. On a TR3 the big fat weld fouls the U-bolts so the weld has to be ground down a lot for the U-bolts to fit correctly. It would be great if the Ford flanges could be made to the correct i.d. for different size tubes. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Dave H. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 09/29/2025 7:35 AM PDT Chris Marx via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dear Friends,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>thank you for your help.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I’m asking for a fellow racer. He was competing in the 6h race at Spa, broke the axle and rolled the car.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I’m not sure if it will be repaired but just in race I advised them to fit the Southwick conversion.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thanks anyway….(my car has already the Southwick axle installed).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Cheers</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Chris</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Bob Kramer <<a href="mailto:rkramer56@gmail.com">rkramer56@gmail.com</a>> <br><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Sent:</span></strong> Monday, September 29, 2025 4:19 PM<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>To:</span></strong> Philip Gott <<a href="mailto:vfracing@aol.com">vfracing@aol.com</a>><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Cc:</span></strong> <a href="mailto:tr4racing@googlemail.com">tr4racing@googlemail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Subject:</span></strong> Re: [Fot] Southwick Conversion</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I bet we could come up with a spare TR4 housing and plates to save Chris some of the shipping costs.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Mon, Sep 29, 2025 at 8:29<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>AM Philip Gott via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>We had them do a conversion about 5 years ago. Need to send them an axle housing and the backing plates.<br>Phil<br><br>Sent from my iPhone<br><br>> On Sep 29, 2025, at 8:37<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>AM, Chris Marx via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br>> <br>> Hi Guys,<br>> <br>> is the Southwick system still available?<br>> Where to obtain?<br>> <br>> Cheers<br>> Chris<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> <a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a><br>> <br>> <a href="http://www.fot-racing.com" target="_blank">http://www.fot-racing.com</a><br>> <br>> Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>> Archive: <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot</a><br>> Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/vfracing@aol.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/vfracing@aol.com</a><br>> <br>> <br><br>_______________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="_blank">fot@autox.team.net</a><br><br><a href="http://www.fot-racing.com" target="_blank">http://www.fot-racing.com</a><br><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Archive: <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/fotUnsubscribe/Manage" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot<br>Unsubscribe/Manage</a>: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/rkramer56@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/rkramer56@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________ <br><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a> <br><br><a href="http://www.fot-racing.com">http://www.fot-racing.com</a> <br><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a> <br>Archive: <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive">http://autox.team.net/archive</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot">http://www.team.net/pipermail/fot</a> <br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/dlhogye@comcast.net">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/fot/dlhogye@comcast.net</a> <br><br><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></body></html>