[DeTomaso] Aluminum Rear Carriers on Ebay

[Mark Tumbarello]

Who was the Baja Truck guy in Vegas a couple years ago that was building a billet aluminum rear upright with off the shelf sealed bearings? He had axels, CV joints, and complete disc brake set ups. He was talking in the $4,000 range for the entire pakage. Anybody know what happened to him?  > Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:24:32 -0700> From: asajay at asajay.com> To: detomaso at realbig.com> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Aluminum Rear Carriers on Ebay> > I think I would be interested in new uprights, but not in magnesium, and > they would need to fit off-the-shelf bearings that were easy to replace, > high quality and race-ready.> > Asa Jay> > Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired> > & Shelley Marie> Spokane, WA> > 1973 Pantera L 5533> [ASASCAT]> > ****************************** > http://www.asajay.com> http://www.351c.info> > > > > Peter Havlik wrote:> > Mark:> >> > There are two factors influencing my decision. First is the strength > > and durability of the magnesium uprights. Magnesium is prone to rapid > > corrosion, and I would hate to go to the trouble and expense of > > acquiring and installing the magnesium uprights if they were either > > unsafe or short-lived. Magnesium needs to remain perfectly sealed in > > order to prevent corrosion, and this struck me as difficult if not > > impossible to achieve in a suspension component. It makes little > > sense to make this modification in search of improved performance and > > then wind up being afraid to drive the car lest a rock chip the > > finish and expose the magnesium to water or other corrosive > > contaminants. The safety issue is also a big one for me - I have no > > idea how or if these uprights were engineered, and I would want to be > > sure they were at least as strong as the originals.> >> > The second concern, of course, is cost. That's why I suggested that > > if enough of us committed to buying them, perhaps we could get a > > better price. So far I count three expressions of interest. If enough > > people add theirs so that we can achieve some economy of scale, I > > would be willing to call Pat to see if he would be interested and > > what the price could be brought down to. And, yes, they will not be > > cheap, but they will hopefully be proven and much more true to the > > original design than using Corvette parts.> >> > Now we just need one of the engineers on this list to look at them > > and tell us if they are truly sound. I would also want to know for > > sure if they will work on late model cars although, if I recall > > correctly, Pat said they would.> >> > - Peter> >> > ------------------------------> >> > Message: 9> > Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:19:55 -0700 (PDT)> > From: mark skwarek <ehpantera at yahoo.com>> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Aluminum Rear Carriers on Ebay> > To: detomaso at realbig.com> > Message-ID: <217593.23613.qm at web35811.mail.mud.yahoo.com>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1> >> >> >> > mark skwarek <ehpantera at yahoo.com> wrote: Espen and Peter,> >> > I suggest you contact Pat about his making some uprights for you. > > I know that he has available to him some raw castings.> >> > I don't know what your idea of reasonable is but they won't be cheap.> > Mark> >> > Espen Graffer <espeng at chello.no> wrote:> > Mee too. I'm in.> >> > espen in norway> >> > --------------------------> >> > _______________________________________________> >> > Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA> >> > Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/> >> > DeTomaso mailing list> > DeTomaso at list.realbig.com> > http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso> >> >> > > _______________________________________________> > Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA> > Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/> > DeTomaso mailing list> DeTomaso at list.realbig.com> http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso