-----Original Message-----
From: sammie smith
Sent: May 14, 2008 6:56 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: King Pins Question

OK, guys I guess the price just went up.

Beverly Williams <bevwill64@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

But it's so cute, can't we keep it?

sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It's not an oval.  It is a split, 51 standard.  $7,500 as it sits with good Lyle Cherry engine to put in it.

singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Sammie how much were you asking for that oval ?
--- sammie smith wrote:

> Yes! Sometimes my brain works faster than my typing
> fingers. Or vice versa.
>
> theresabuckner@xxxxxxx wrote: Sammy I guess you
> mean Oak Hill Auto ?? Terry
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: sammie smith
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wed, 14 May 2008 9:41 am
> Subject: [tcb] Re: King Pins Question
>
> Give the guys at Oak Auto in Longview a call,
> 903-297-3496, or maybe someone else on the list has
> someone closer that can do it for you. Or you can
> send them to Wolfgang for rebuilt exchange ones.
> Any other ideas?
>
> Biggestdaddyo wrote: So
> the old westy bus was getting kinda sloppy in the
> front end. I've replaced center drag link pivot and
> tie rod ends. It felt better but still wandered a
> bit down the road. I took it to the alignment place
> and they set the toe-in but proclaimed that the king
> pins are too worn to really align it properly. They
> recommended replacement. I took the bus to John
> Pierce (now in Converse TX) and he informs me that
> he can't do bus kingpins because it requires a
> special "reamer" for the bushings thats larger than
> the ones for Type 1.
>
> I'm surely not the first to face this dillema. My
> question is, what does everyone else do? Send the
> spindle assemblies off to someone in distant lands?
> or is there someone in Texas that can do this
> specialized machine work?
>
> James Oliver
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