NZ Hot Rod – August 2019

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³EXCLUSIVE: Pete & Jakes Fast-Tracks Forged Spindles

FOLLOWING a meeting between NZHRM and Jason Slover, proprietor of Pete

& Jakes Hot Rod Parts were delighted to advise Pete & Jakes has fast-tracked a

response to the safety alert issued by LVVTA on Super Bell cast-iron spindles.(ref

June 2019 NZHRM) Jason & his team have developed a solution, and they now

forged spindles to suit early Ford front axles ready for sale and shipment. These

are made in the USA and in a gesture of kindness and goodwill are offered for sale

to Kiwi hot rodders in the New Zealand market ahead of the rest of the world on

a first-come-first-served basis. These forged spindles were originally designed for

a specific brake kit, but have been machined to stock Ford specifications keeping

the cost the same. Jason advises they will be restarting full production of forged

spindles once the forging tooling has been refurbished and approved, which is

great news. The tooling is from the original Super Bell Axle Co which were last

produced in the late 1970s. This forged spindle project has been in the works for

1 -1/2 years topartner with the forged steel axle recently released. Bothproducts

being resurrected from tooling that the industry thought was lost and are once

again proudly made in the USA. The Pete & Jake’s family of hot rod specialists

and enthusiasts have built an outstanding reputation for quality and service

after what began nearly 45 years ago... employing American professionals to

hand-create the very best hot rod parts on the market. All of it made the USA.

To order call your local Pete & Jakes dealer here in New Zealand.

³She’s real great, my 348!

WHILE the Beach Boys sang

about a real fine 4 09, it’s a 3 48

Chev W motor which is being

squeezed into this Brookville

bodied 1932 Ford roadster at

GMS Hot Rods. The interesting

project will also run full fenders,

but with the typical hiboy wheel

and tyre combinationyou see

here. “We built the chassis in-

house on the GMS chassisjig

for this one as we had to get

the car very low in the front

with a flat cross member and

discretely step the rear of the

chassis for a 12.5” tyre to fit

under the rear fender”, says Greg

of GMS Hot Rods. Up fron

Superbell 5” dropped

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crossmember is also P

as is the narrowed For

on ladder bars. As a Su

Pete & Jakes dealer, GM

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parts into this build as

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already have been disp

at the CRC Speedshow

July in its unfinished f

For more information, please

contact GMS Hot Rods on 021 955

459 or gregstokes1932@gmail.

com or find them on Facebook.

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