| Title: | Cars in the UK |
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| Moderator: | COMICS::SHELLEY ELD |
| Created: | Sun Mar 06 1994 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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Can anyone help?
I'm trying to get hold of some radius arm bushes for the Marcos. It
seems that these parts are unobtainable at present, but I've now found
that they are a part which was originally made for an early 60s Austin
(Model unknown).
Does anyone know of any specialist parts supplier who may stock parts
for early 60s Austins? Telephone numbers appreciated.
Mark
PS Unipart are the supplier for Marcos, and they don't have any either
at the moment...
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| 1875.1 | But I don't have a lathe | ESBS01::RUTTER | Rut The Nut | Thu Aug 27 1992 13:13 | 8 |
Re Radius Arm Bushes
I can't help with a source for this sort of part, but have you
considered having some made up for you. *If* you can get an old
one extracted without destroying it, I gather you could get new
ones made from urethane stock with a bit of lathe work...
J.R.
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| 1875.2 | I couldn't find anyone who'd make them. | NEWOA::SAXBY | Frontal Lobotomies-R-Us | Thu Aug 27 1992 13:48 | 5 |
Certainly the option of having some made is attractive (within
reasonable cost constraints) but who would do such things?
Mark
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| 1875.3 | ESBS01::RUTTER | Rut The Nut | Thu Aug 27 1992 15:30 | 16 | |
� -< I couldn't find anyone who'd make them. >-
Try asking Graham Bates of G.B. Engineering (0276) 79323
Not sure if he will be able to help, but try him anyway (mention my
name, although it won't make any difference ;-)
I have seen, in the past, an advert or two for companies which sell
plain neoprene (or urethane ?) stock for bushes. If you can find
anyone who does sell this stuff, I am sure it should be quite easy
to get someone to do the required lathe work. You could even take
it to a Secondary School and see if they can help. I know that my
old metalwork teacher would have been happy do help in this sort of way.
J.R.
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| 1875.4 | 1% LOTUS | ODDONE::GALE_C | Thu Aug 27 1992 18:30 | 17 | |
Hi Mark,
Hills Rubber Co. in Reading near the main swimming pool are really
helpful and may be able to help.
Lotus in the early days used all sorts of parts bins to put their
cars together and whilst you pay a premium you get them off the shelf.
Look closely on the bush once extracted, the ones on my car turned
out to be fairly standard issue.
What about the owners club ??
CHRIS.
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