[Spridgets] Front end parts

[Larry Macy]

Bill, you are too far north, but I bet there's a few fellas in Sn Fran that
will ream your bushings for nuttin'

Anon

On Jan 14, 2010, at 8:00 PM, Bill Gilroy wrote:

> 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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Larry Macy
78 Midget

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Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
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