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[T3] general ramblings of a type 3 guy...
<x-flowed>one of the things i have found about this list, that was reconfirmed at
the 02 invasion, is that people with very diverse backgrounds can and do
hang out together over a common interest. afterall, why else would i
tolerate jim adney? he has lot of hair, and i don't! how dare he ;-) .
i say all that to say this, i will continue to strive toward keeping my
content 'on topic' so that we call can enjoy our cars more.
onto today's maintainence... i found and purchased two new type 1 brake
drums, for the rear of my notch, this morning. by this afternoon, i had
turned them on a lathe and they are now riding on the back of the car!
whooohooo... handles pretty nice now! and brakes as well as a
diskbrake/small drum brake combo can... which is actually pretty good
(our old ghia was that way and weighed as much). so, i am safely on the
road again! the old drums? well, one had about 70% of it's mating
surface/spline area somewhat intact, but the other was only about 5% :-(
.... can you say SCARY? i can!
i want to thank KEN SIMONS for being willing to help me locate type 3
parts so that the car and get back to type 3 rear brakes someday!
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Brian Fye http://www.geocities.com/menacefye/thegang.html
1964 Notchback Speedster 2332cc
1964 Notchback 1500cc
1973 Squareback 1904cc
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