[DeTomaso] 351C steel distributor gear needed

[Daniel C Jones]

All,

Anyone out there hoarding a steel (not iron or bronze) distributor gear
that is compatible with a steel (8620 or 1010) cam core for a 351C?
Mike Drew's engine is sitting on the dyno and needs a distributor gear.
Several vendors say they have them until you actually order one and a
week later you find out they are out of stock.   Crane lists them on
their website but they are on back order with no idea of when they will
ship.  I tried:

 Crane - not in stock (Summit shows an estimated ship date of 5/21/10 though)
 MSD - doesn't make them
 Mallory - has steel gears but they are for iron cores, not steel cores
 Accel - uses the Mallory steel gear but doesn't understand the Mallory
 gear isn't for steel cams
 Performance Distributor - can't get them (was sourcing them from Ford)
 Ford Motorsport - no longer carries them (was getting them from Crane)
 Tritec Motorsports - tooling up for a carbon poly gear but won't have them
 until the end of the year
 Oregon Cams - no longer available (must have been getting them from Crane)

Help!
Dan Jones