[Spridgets] Front end parts

Bill Gilroy wmgilroy at gmail.com
Thu Jan 14 18:00:38 MST 2010


Any machine shop should be able to ream your bushings at a reasonable price.

-g

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Richard Ball <richb at u.washington.edu>wrote:

> Chris
>
> While I don't have a source for your parts, there are several of us up
> here, and I do believe we have access to the king pin bushing reamer if it
> comes to that.
>
> Where in the Pacific NW are you?
>
> Rich Ball
> '76 Midget
> Everett, WA
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Karcher" <chriskrchr at gmail.com>
> To: <spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 4:13 PM
> Subject: [Spridgets] Front end parts
>
>
>   Our father/son Midget project has been languishing for quite a while
>> now,
>> partly because it's not much fun to work outside in the Pacific NW this
>> time
>> of year, and partly because we're waiting on parts.  We've ordered a
>> "major
>> suspension kit" from Moss and it's been back ordered for going on 3 months
>> now.  I've talked to them a couple of times and keep getting answers like
>> "new supplier", "first part of December", "first part of January", "soon"
>> etc.  Victoria British has discontinued their kit but when they dug a
>> little
>> deeper, told me it's TBA.  I even wrote one of the shops in the UK that
>> sells reconditioned stub axle assemblies but they told me pretty much the
>> same thing -- working on a new supplier.  Too bad because going that route
>> would save the hassle of getting the new bushings reamed to size.
>>
>> Does anyone know what's actually going on with these parts or perhaps know
>> of a source?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris
>>
>> '74 Midget
>>
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