Re: Looking for drum brake upgrade parts

["Mark Price" <Wrambler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jay,
    If your not in a big hurry I will probably pull the 10" drums back off the Ambassador if I actually get them :]





Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
Vice President I.A.T.S.E. #578
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L EFI, T-5.
1965 Ambassador 880 Conv, 327, Auto, Ratrod want to be!
1997 Cherokee Sport, 4.0L AX15
2001 S-10 Crewcab, 4.3, Not one of G.M's better vehicles


>------- Original Message Follows -------
>From: "(Sandwich Maker)" adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Looking for drum brake upgrade parts
>Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:38:05 -0400 (EDT)
>
>" From: "Jay" <jciampi@xxxxxxxx>
>" 
>" Hey Guys, I want to install  10 inch drums, backing plates and shoes
>on
>" my 66  American. WE have no salvage yards that have AMC's in them
>(Crushed 
>" immediately here) so if any of you have access to such used parts and
> are 
>" willing to pick them up and sell them to me, I would be grateful.  I
>want 
>" the drums and backing plates from an Ambassador or Classic wagon if 
>" possible. Just the front ones.  Are the 72  Spirit/Hornet drums 10
>inch? 
>
>afaik all v8 front drums are the same 10" on all cars, so if that
>hornet/gremlin is a non-disk v8...  and of course ambos had 10"
>regardless of engine; also later rebels but not all earlier
>rebel/classic.
>
>wagon -rear- drums were bigger [wider] but afaik there's only one 10"
>front.
>
>" Do I need to change spindles?
>
>i don't believe
>so.
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