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Re: GT6 Brake Drum

To: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Subject: Re: GT6 Brake Drum
From: Martin Secrest <msecrest@erols.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 15:07:14 -0400
Cc: levilevi@home.com, Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
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Andrew Mace wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 26 Apr 1999 levilevi@home.com wrote:
> 
> > A friend of my son is rebuilding a 1973 GT6.  He's 17 and doesn't get a
> > lot of help at home in his efforts.  He asked me if I knew where he find
> > a rear brake drum so I told him I'd see if any one on the list had one
> > for sell (or better yet if you'd like to encourage a young Triumph
> > owner, maybe a donated one).  I'll be glad to pay the shipping if
> > there's anyone out there that has one.  How interchangeable are the
> > brake drums?  I assume (but don't know) a spit and a GT6 are
> > interchangeable.  How bout TRs any from that series work on a GT6?
> 
> Bud, this might or might NOT make it any easier to find a drum local to
> you (or even within the U.S.), but the GT6 rear drum, an 8" drum, is the
> same exact drum as the FRONT drum of any Herald.
> 
> --Andy
> 
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Andy et al:

Are you sure about this?  When I replaced the rear drums on my late (73)
GT6, I discovered that there are at least two versions of the rear drum,
the later version being wider.

The 73 drum is also identical to that of a TR7 -- which is how I found mine.

--
Martin Secrest
73 GT6
72 TR6

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