Why couldn't you contact the previous owner and get the info you needed?
>>> Richard Woodside <rwoodside@xxxxxxxxxx> 01/06/05 05:45 AM >>>
Sorry about the earlier (empty) message.
If you're going to transplant a later-model rear end into your 1950s Forward-Looker, how about putting a notation (plastic coated, too?) in the glove-box, to let future owners know what's in there, and what size drums and shoes they're dealing with?
My 1958 NY wagon has a transplanted axle, which was discovered the hard way: the wheel cylinders purchased from Kanter wouldn't fit and neither would the shoes purchased locally. A fair bit of $$$ lost for shipping and customs brokerage and local taxes unrecoverable.
I still don't know what car the axle-donor was, but I was able to match up wheel cylinders from a paper catalogue with the help of a counter-man who took the trouble to help. That was in 2000. There is an early-20s kid there now, who couldn't care less about anything pre-2000, wouldn't open a book to save his life (why start now?), and knows his job is done, as soon as the computer says the parts don't exist. And this is in the most old-fashioned parts store around here! Before you suggest, I'd be happy to take my business somewhere else, but there aren't any better alternatives.
So help the next owner by leaving a permanent note about what you've done.
Dick Woodside
58 NY Wagon
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