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Steering Linkage

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 4:59 pm
by aspitfire
EDIT: New option is shown below

Re: Steering Linkage

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:13 pm
by notoptoy
Who is Crow? Are the three on top the replacements for the 3 on the bottom?
Don't know anything about those. They look interesting, other than they LOOK short in that picture and would like to know how they attach.

Re: Steering Linkage

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:21 pm
by Solex68
I don't know Crow but I like what I see !

I'd like to see the cost on those.

Greg

Re: Steering Linkage

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:55 pm
by fj20spl311
The name and phone number on the links are
Spellbound Motorsports
818-516-1020

I found some ebay items with that number....(edited) that look to be PAINTED GOLD, but are Zink Plated.......

ebay Store Name Datsun Collector
ebay user name id forced_induction
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Welcome a new supplier. That avatar looks familiar?

Re: Steering Linkage

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:22 am
by aspitfire
fj20spl311 wrote:The name and phone number on the links are
Spellbound Motorsports
818-516-1020

I found some ebay items with that number....PAINTED GOLD.......

ebay Store Name Datsun Collector
ebay user name id forced_induction
avatar

Image

Welcome a new supplier. That avatar looks familiar?
That is the correct contact information per his ebay seller profile. Painted gold?? Those parts are zinc plated...

Anyway. I will get up some pictures of the units installed on the car. If there is enough interest we can talk a possible group buy on these.

Edit: some of you may know him from the tube chassis frame he built, with the ford 9 inch, rack and pinion and frame widened for a v8.

Re: Steering Linkage

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:50 am
by fj20spl311
aspitfire wrote: Painted gold?? Those parts are zinc plated...
My mistake.....a picture is not always worth a 1000 words......

edited original post

Re: Steering Linkage

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:05 pm
by Linda
Crow is a local So Cal guy who has a number of projects he has done. He also went to Solvang with a Datsun frame that had been modified to a tubular design including rack and pinion steering. There are some pics somewhere here. He has a monster Z too

Linda

http://www.311s.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.ph ... hilit=Crow" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Steering Linkage

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:44 pm
by aspitfire
EDIT: New part

Re: Steering Linkage

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:55 pm
by notoptoy
Looks great and like a nice clean replacement. Does he include all the hardware? How much?

Re: Steering Linkage

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:46 am
by aspitfire
Yes he does include all the hardware. He gave me a price of $500 for everything, not bad considering what it costs for new oem offerings.

Like i said if there is enough interest, he has 15-20 sets of these so we could do a group buy.

Re: Steering Linkage

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:56 am
by jamesw
Looks very nice. Glad someone is making replacements for these hard to find parts.

Also, this makes me doubly glad that I have a few good sets in my parts stash!

Cheers
James

Re: Steering Linkage

Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 12:34 pm
by aspitfire
In my quest to find an affordable alternative to what i posted above, and what is available to us. I think i have found success. Here is a quick picture of what i had made, these will be available for half the cost of what is out there now (under $275). I will have them in my hands by the end of next week and full post more pictures.

Re: Steering Linkage

Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 12:45 pm
by aspitfire
more pics

Re: Steering Linkage

Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 2:15 pm
by Datrock
When possible, please post some installed pictures...Bill

Re: Steering Linkage

Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 5:10 pm
by aspitfire
I will get some pictures next week i hope. It will just be pictures of it on the frame(no body), as im in the middle of a build.