Re: [Amc-list] left-braking car/disk brake kit

[Frank Swygert <farna@xxxxxxx>]

Not necessarily. The longer bolt bosses are to make up for the thickness of the steering arm, which fits under the shorter ones between the steering knuckle and spindle. It would be easy enough to make pipe spacers and use modern spindles. The later cars put a bend in the steering knuckle to accommodate the length difference and/or mounted the steering arm behind the knuckle. It would be hard to use those 60 Ambo spindles on a newer car though -- the long bosses would have to be cut off  to match the short ones. 

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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:59:18 -0500
From: Peter Marano <pmarano@xxxxxxxxx>

My 1960 Ambassador had spindles with the upper bases longer or shorter 
than the lower bases.
Which is to say the more modern spindles would not interchange.

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