Jack, did you find rotors yet? I have a set of good rotors which I thought
were the later style and went to put on my TR6 and realized the calipers
wouldn't clear. I believe they're for a TR3, which should be the same as
TR4. Charly
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>
To: "'Jack W. Drews'" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; "Dodd, Kelvin"
<doddk@mossmotors.com>; "'Hugh Barber'" <tr6nut@sbcglobal.net>; "Bob Davis"
<rdavis4@cfl.rr.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 12:54 PM
Subject: RE: Brake rotor source?
> Jack:
>
> No apology necessary. In fact I may owe you one. From your original post
> and the follow up postings, I was under the impression you were running 10
> 3/4" discs. From the private post you sent me regarding information from
> Brembo, you state 1961 TR4, which could have the 11" discs, although I
would
> have thunked that these would have been deep sixed in favor of the later
> calipers and discs on a race car.
>
> If in fact you do have the early 11" discs then I believe you are
partially
> correct, Brembo does not supply these. Or at least we are not sourced to
> Brembo, which usually means the same thing. The 11" discs we have, are
made
> in Reddich, England, they look the part and we have no problems but I
don't
> know if they are what you are looking for.
>
> Your comment that the US Brembo rep did not have a listing for a 61 TR4 is
> not unusual. Most manufacturers no longer have accurate listings for the
> earlier cars and have no clue that the rotor they list for a TR6 also fits
> the TR4 (with late caliper) and 4A.
>
>
> Kelvin.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jack W. Drews [mailto:vinttr4@geneseo.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 12:20 PM
> > To: Dodd, Kelvin; 'Hugh Barber'; Bob Davis; fot@autox.team.net
> > Subject: RE: Brake rotor source?
> >
> >
> > A thousand pardons!
> >
> > I was operating on the basis of info from a cryogenic
> > treatment company
> > that advertises that they can supply Brembo rotors,
> > cryogenically treated.
> > They responded that these were not available from Brembo.
> > Obviously, they
> > erred.
> >
> > Moss always does a good job for me. I'll always be willing to
> > pay more for
> > better quality parts.
> >
> > At 10:14 AM 7/29/03 -0700, Dodd, Kelvin wrote:
> > >Oh yee of little faith. : )
> > >
> > >I checked the ones on the shelf here at Moss. They are all
> > Brembo, with
> > >"Made in Italy" in big letters on the boxes.
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