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A couple weeks back, I had the opportunity to talk with Mr. Pridemore on the phone about his disc brake kit. He will go for another production run if he can get some people to show an interest in the kit. He has a run of 20 hubs(10kits) done at a time, to keep the set-up costs of the machine shop down.

He mentioned a couple of east guys who were interested in the kit. With myself interested, that would make three people looking for a kit. He needs some more people to express an interest, by giving him a call before he goes for another run of hubs. I don't recall the time frame of the kits being delivered, but you should be able to discuss that with him.

Yorgatron put a kit on his brothers stepdown coupe, and from the pictures it looks very well made. Ivan Zaremba also runs the kit on a couple cars from what I understand.

Who else is interested in a kit?

I'd like a set, what's his contact info. ?
'47HUD

At this time Rick Pridemore is the only guy left making a disc brake setup for Hudsons. The other gent who was making disc brake kits has retired [Labudd] and not making them any more. Rick needs to have a number of folks sign up to make a run or they won't get produced. Its called the economy of scale. If only a few folk sign up for the kits it can't be done at the price where it would be economical. Since he has the machining done by an outside vendor he needs to have more orders. To give you an idea of how popular they are, he has sold over 70 kits with no returns. If you want to go to a disc brake conversion you need to sign up. Outside of Rick, there are no other vendors offering the kit. If he dosen't get enough orders-no more kits. Please think of that if you are considering getting them done. Ordering them in two months may no t work if he can't get the present order produced. Winter is a great time to do brakes since the cars are largely dormant anyway. Consider what you are going to do with the money Santa gave you.

I sent you a PM with his phone number.

I'll need at least 1 setup.

Sign me up!

Send me his contact information and I'll call this week.

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I wished I could afford to buy a kit just to keep the guy in business (and have as a backup stock on the shelf).

What is the going rate for the kit? If payment can wait until April, I can swing it.

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Rick's number is 336-427-4930. he can tell you more about the brakes and pricing.

I'll take 3 kits.
Been wanting to convert my cars

Do these kits work on pre-stepdown Hudsons? If so, what vehicles & years?

BTW - With the other orders already lined up & the interest in the product, it looks like he has at least the 10 orders needed.

Given the response, it would seem that at least double that number of kits could be sold in a reasonable amount of time...

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I would like to get a kit for my 50 Pacemaker. I will call after Christmas.

Larry

Merry Christmas to all.