Wow, Brembo. They build very nice stuff for Motorcycles. My MV Agusta has
brembo calipers that look like they should be in MOMA.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Hill [mailto:jrhill@chorus.net]
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 3:39 PM
To: tr3a@att.net; fot
Subject: Re: Datsun 240A alfin brake drums
Jack Brooks wrote:
> What are the going prices for good, used Datsun 240A
> alfin brake drums?
I'm sure it depends on where and when you find them - and if you're
willing to do the removal and the machine work necessary to make them fit.
I paid $25 for a pair not too long ago.
> Also, I've been quoted $100 each for new, Italian made repro's. Does
> anyone have experience with these?
I'm not familiar with those, but I know that TR Enterprises in the UK
sells "lightweight aluminium alloy, finned brake drums for the TR4 - 6",
said to be "specifically machined to suit the TR with the correct
clearance to the back plate and drilled for the retaining screws" #80
apiece. See:
http://www.trenterprises.com/tre_pages/engineering_services.htm#alfin
I've also seen an advertisement for Sebert Motor Car Co. Ltd.(R.R.#2,
Millbrook, Ontario LOA 1GO; 1-705-932-3158; sebertmotors@nexicom.net).
indicating that they're the makers of "superior quality 'Alfin-Type' Brake
Drums".
I ran across the web page for Carbotech in the UK
(http://www.carbotecheurope.com/discndrum.htm) advertising a
"high-performance drum . . . manufactured in Italy by BREMBO". These are
aluminum finned drums with a steel lining, listed at #55 per drum.
(Perhaps these are the drums you've been offered.)
Autospecialty (TRW) also offers an Alfin-type drum for the TR6. I don't
know the details, but they're available through normal parts houses. World
Discounts Auto Parts (http://www.wdautoparts.com/) has them for < $80.00.
The bad news is that Moss Motors' Peter Arakelian claims that they (and
also the Datsun drums) don't fit properly. There's a picture of these
drums at: http://www.vintageprep.com/drum.html
Or--if you REALLY want to get fancy--you can have them custom cast by
TypeCast Engineering Limited (Packington, Leicestershire, LE65 1TD,
England; 01530 417375) Examples of finned drums they've made on their web
page
(http://www.brakedrum.co.uk/) include the Healey Silverstone, Lagonda
Rapier and a Competition Wolseley Hornet, but they indicate that they've
already made up finned drums for Triumphs (models unspecified).
Jim Hill
The Runaway Train
Madison WI
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