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RE: part # for instal kit

To: TCR2B@aol.com, datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: part # for instal kit
From: Adam Bradley <ambradley@attbi.com>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 19:14:14 -0700
Grant p/n 4581 is the install kit for the 68-70, and probably the 65-67.5 
as well (not sure though).  Worked great on my '70.

At 10:10 PM 5/30/2003 -0400, TCR2B@aol.com wrote:
>Norman,
>
>I don't believe that there is an install kit for these vehicles.  Did some
>research on them and came up with zippo.  What I did: (purists-don't read 
>this
>!!) Since the original wheel was in pretty crummy shape, I used it as a
>"sacrificial" hub for attaching my new wheel.  I used an abrasive cut-off 
>wheel to
>detach spokes from wheel, got a machinist buddy to clean up the OD (of 
>what was
>left) and also tap attachment holes into the face where I could bolt on the
>new wheel to it.  That way, the splines fit properly, and the recesses for 
>the
>turn signal trip are still in the right place.  The wheel I got had a stamped
>steel "spider" that mated the new wheel to the sacrificial hub.  Yeah, it 
>puts
>the wheel a little closer to you, but it feels a lot better than that 16"
>hula-hoop!
>
>Second question: if I'm reading you right you're asking if there is anything
>on frame underneath where mounting pads of rollbar mate to floor/parcel shelf
>floor.  Don't know, but I'm getting ready to do the same thing.
>
>Good luck,
>
>Mike Davenport
>RROC
>'67 1600

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