Re: Looking for drum brake upgrade parts

["Jay" <jciampi@xxxxxxxx>]

I have plenty of time.

Jay
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Price" <Wrambler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: Looking for drum brake upgrade parts


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