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    len bloomberg is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
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    naa. i think i will be happy with the disk brake and ps rack conversion.just want a nice driver for my wife.we live in the country so it will see some gravel so dont want to get too fancy.my only issue is this. i purchase a ps rack for 1600.00 .have it shipped to my shop only to find it is a production line rack with a few mods that i have 50 of on the shelf like new that i could have done the mods to in a few minutes but as i tell my customers when they order an electrical part bt mistake everyone has to pay for their own education.len

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    len bloomberg is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
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    ps. i still want to do the 4.6 conversion so if anyone has any tips i would appreciate it. i want to modify a used harness and fuel system as i have lots of em in my yard.len

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    Quote Originally Posted by len bloomberg View Post
    naa. i think i will be happy with the disk brake and ps rack conversion.just want a nice driver for my wife.we live in the country so it will see some gravel so dont want to get too fancy.my only issue is this. i purchase a ps rack for 1600.00 .have it shipped to my shop only to find it is a production line rack with a few mods that i have 50 of on the shelf like new that i could have done the mods to in a few minutes but as i tell my customers when they order an electrical part bt mistake everyone has to pay for their own education.len
    I agree. Since you have access to so much stuff, you could study his kit and build your own. It's based on a GM center-steer rack and it wouldn't be that hard to adapt. His prices have gone way up since I did mine and back then he got way behind with orders and it took forever.
    "It is not much good thinking of a thing unless you think it out." - H.G. Wells

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