[TR] brakes

[Randall]

> any ideas where to get the tr4 brake drums for the very early 
> live axle cars??  front brakes are tr3-esque, but the rears 
> are smaller than the tr3 drums.

Interesting.  For decades, the 10" drums were unobtanium; now it appears the
situation is reversed.  Go figure.

All TR4s (and solid axle 4A) take the same Girling 9" rear drums as TR3A
from about TS56377 onwards, Stanpart 201493.  However, Moss USA & TRF show
them as NLA; while Moss UK & VB claim that the IRS drums will fit.  They
won't, of course, unless they are supplied with oversize stud holes or are
modified by the user; as the solid axle cars have a collar on the rear wheel
studs that the drums have to fit over.  However, it shouldn't be too hard to
drill out the stud holes, if all else fails, which might be all it takes to
make the IRS drums fit later solid axle cars.

Randall