GT6 front uprights?

[Gt6steve@aol.com]

Hey Amici, has anybody purchased new GT6 uprights from Vicky Brit?  Are they 
NOS or Chinese?  I snapped a drivers side yesterday at the trunnion and am now 
seeking something either newer or stronger.

I heard years ago that the stem can be strengthened by drilling and tapping 
and putting a long socket head cap screw in, either to put the stem in 
compression or simply add more steel by filling the oil hole.  Anybody ever 
heard of 
such a thing?  Whatdya think?

Steve