So many thoughts of things to say.... but un-postable here.

@twit-tit-er


XOXO

Sharp as a BUTTER knife.:D

LOL, not sure but I think you might be twotting. Just sayin.

So far I'm UNIMPRESSED as well. I find it very hard to believe you are the only one this has happened to. A bad part is a bad part. You can not be the only one to buy these, unless the rest are bolted to trailer only show queens! If not I find it even harder to believe they just happened to find the fix for you. Time will tell. I hope they get you fixed up!

Just thinking out loud here, do you think this is what Christine would have looked like without fenders? :_paranoid

People who buy the full chromed rear end mostly are the guys who show them.

Two things ----


#1 -- the AVERAGE '32 Ford owner is about 300 millennia age wise.... and probably hasn't nailed it in a very long time


#2 -- @ 15K for one of these rear ends.... as Bobby B said above... they're bolted to trailer queens.


I am not the only guy having this issue --- which is why Kugel is working to find a fix for it. They've just received from the machine shop the "first" version... to go in a customer car... mine will be #2 -- and Jeff told me that I should then TRY to break it. :thumbsup: :yes:

Jeff Kugel called today -- and shipped today -- all new hubs (carrier bearing hubs) and 40 spline "axles".... all custom made and of much better materials. We're not going to chrome them -- we're going to TRY to break them first... should they hold up... then we can chrome 'em and the bake 'em to take the brittleness the chroming process adds.

I'll have the roadster at the LA Roadsters Fathers Day show @ Pomona in June.. and then plan a "beach side road trip" north from there... So they better last this time!

You can't beat Kugel Komponents Kustomer service! Jeff has been all over this and has called ME frequently with status updates etc. That's as good as it gets in my book.

Roy Brizio is another one that gets 5 stars... I talked to him more in one day than Steve Frisbee during the entire build. :rolleyes:

I hope they work out for you this time Greg, lord knows you deserve a brake.

Glad they are getting it worked out. They will be getting a call from another customer if they haven't already. I was at the Hot Rod and Restoration show a couple weeks ago with some friends. One of the guys that came along is building a Brookville 32 with an all aluminum 427 small block. Guess what rear? I told him of your issues and he turned white as a ghost. I told him not to worry that the issue was being worked on and that he may want to inquire to see if he may have an issue as well. So, we will see. It is not going to be a trailer queen and if I get my way, I am going to test that pretty chrome IRS myself! :thumbsup:

Thanks Wayne!

They're getting it handled...I'm not worried about finding a solution. Kugel is a good manufacturer and they're all over the problem. I really don't mind having "issues" -- I'm a big boy... It's "hot rodding". What I want is for the people behind a product (or doing the work) to wear big boy britches and just do what it takes to make stuff good. And Kugel has done that 110%. They've never once said -- well -- it's a show piece and you shouldn't be jumping on it.... That's NEVER been questioned - to the contrary... they've assured me that I SHOULD be able to get after it and never have a problem. That's good people in my book!