[DeTomaso] Adjustable Rear upper a-arms

[John Taphorn]

Nice work Julian.  When I get a little more time, I may need to copy that 
effort for my car

Thanks
JT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian Kift" <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
To: <pmical at patsauto.com>; "De Tomaso List" <detomaso at realbig.com>; 
<mikeldrew at aol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Adjustable Rear upper a-arms


>
> Firstly my apologies if this discussion stirred up some controversy, that 
> was not my intent.
>
>
>
> I have personally done the front a-arm mod and IMO it is a relatively 
> simple mod to do, I even fabricated my own jig. All the mod takes is a 
> simple grinding of the original tack weld to separate the one arm which is 
> then reshaped and the two halves welded back together. There is no need to 
> cut arms into pieces and Johnny is not doing so as you can see in reading 
> the story he did for the PI forum.
>
> http://pantera.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1510042044/m/9830021654
>
>
>
> His is the methodology I followed and I'm very pleased with the results, 
> it transformed the driving experience of my GT5.
>
>
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Julian
>
>
>> From: pmical at patsauto.com
>> To: julian_kift at hotmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com; mikeldrew at aol.com
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Adjustable Rear upper a-arms
>> Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 17:13:46 -0400
>>
>> Hi All;
>> Let's get the story straight. I never taught anyone how to do the mods 
>> nor
>> have I been doing work for Johnny. Johnny Woods has been trying to copy 
>> my
>> mods on the control arms. He is cutting them in a lot of pieces and 
>> that's
>> wrong. The arms have to taken apart, hydraulically reformed, machined and
>> put into a special jig that I designed (not free handed as Johnny appears 
>> to
>> be doing), then welded back together. Thanks to Mike's advice, you get 
>> what
>> you pay for. From what I see this is not Realbig.com ,but Mike Drew.com.
>>
>> Respectfully
>> Pat
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <mikeldrew at aol.com>
>> To: <julian_kift at hotmail.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2:25 PM
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Adjustable Rear upper a-arms
>>
>>
>> > Julian wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > I always thought Pat was doing the Johnny Woods mod, not vice
>> > versa......
>> >
>> >>>>No, Pat taught Johnny how to do it....
>> >
>> > Mike
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