Ok, ok, I withdraw my suggestion for Apple.
Looks like the collective wisdom of the List prevails. In fact, after all
this, I am going to take my Apple rebuilds (which have never leaked and have
performed flawlessly for many years) off and have Peter C. do the dampers
just for the peace of mind.
Thank you for the education.
Michael Knisely
'71 Midget MK III (Project) Owned since 1980
'71 Midget MK III (Parts) Owned since 1987
----- Original Message -----
From "Mike Maclean" <macleans at earthlink.net>
To: "kate & gary" <kgb@clipper.net>
Cc: "Barry" <barryk@cableone.net>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: Lever Shocks
> If you want your lower a-arms rebuilt, try Eric Jones (mentioned last week
on
> the list) at (614) 363-2203. He rebuilt mine for my Bugeye and did an
> excellent job. Straight, true and correctly brazed in place. I wanted
the
> original a-arms for my restoration. Wouldn't look right with the holes
for
> the later anti-sway bar showing.
> Mike Maclean-60 Sprite
>
> kate & gary wrote:
>
> > Anybody other than Apple. I don't know what they do to them, but they
are
> > guaranteed to leak. My local parts house refuses to even sell them. He
> > doesn't like getting defective parts back. Says that if he doesn't sell
> > defective parts, they don't come back, but a happy customer will.
> > Kate
> >
> > Barry wrote:
> >
> > > I am building a street bugeye and am looking for a source to rebuild
my
> > > lever shocks. Is there anyone who does that?
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