Front spindles

Ok, should have been more specific. The front spindle is for a 1971 narrow body. It appears that these are no longer made.Does anyone know a fabricator or reputable machist who can make one up? This is holding me up from assembling my suspension unit.

Many thanks, Danno

I'm guessing here but it appears you have one of the early '71 Panteras, perhaps a pushbutton model, that had removeable spindles from the front upright and integral steering arms, while later cars had integral spindles & removable steering arms. If so, know that those were only on the first hundred or so cars, none of which were ever officially imported to the U.S, so chances of finding a wrecked Pantera of this type are slim. Possibly, the factory Gp-4 & -5 racers also used this assembly (of which there were maybe 30 total). Far as I know, the early & late suspension uprights were specific to the Pantera.
Any decent machine shop could make a spindle, even a high-school trade school or night shop-class with a metal lathe, but if you're in CA, good luck convincing anyone there will be no liability to them if your wheel ever falls off.... Perhaps a local sprint-car prep-shop would do it, being used to building race cars. Especially if you have your old one for a sample. Optionally, it may be cheaper/less hassle to find a later model front upright assembly with integral spindle and do what you have to, to adapt it to your car.
What area are you in? I do know of a basket-case Pantera with one each of the two possible front uprights & he doesn't really care which his car has but he wants two the same just for simplicity. But I'm not sure which side has which type. I'll check into it....
Jack DeRyke, PI Boss Wrench

Jack, sorry for the delayed response. My car was a later 71 model. I didn't expect much of a response from anyone. Its just one of those parts. I ended up going to machinist who welded and machined a new surface.Your right about liabilities. Mention brakes and parts of this nature everyone goes running.Since it was the outer bearing portion of the spindle where the least amount of load is the machinist had no problem it appears in guaranteeing his work.

Thanks again for you efforts,

Danno

I've updated my article on Front Wheel Bearings, that appeard in PI, and included
info on spindles. Yes, as said above, there are several types. Spindles can be less common, or harder to locate than other parts, that the vendors have marked as NLA (No Longer Available).

This update aricle has yet to be worked into Dave's schedule of PI issues, as he has enough material for the next couple of issues already.

If this topic interests you, (any of you), let Dave Adler know, and maybe he will move it up on the to-be-published list.
Dave is very responsive to his members.

Chuck

Chuck,its probably not said enough but there are alot of guys on this forum that put alot of work into such tech information such as yourself and make it available for the rest of us to see. THANK YOU
Especially Dave who make this site possible.

Its going to be interesting now that the factory has closed its doors and how resourceful everyone is going to get to obtain all parts.

Danno

JHP has a solution for front spindles. Aftermarket setup that is reasonable in price.

Contact JB @ jb@jhpmotorsports.com for more information.

I had a VERY BAD experience with JB, thus I
*strongly* not recommend this one-man operation.

Like "Crash", there may be a few others that have not had the same bad experience, but why take the chance ?