You can't make the plate for the $40.00 going price. You can spend an afternoon on a bridgeport for free but you need a 3/4" X 82 deg. countersink to recess the holes for the old pump. If you don't have that in your hand good luck finding one for less than $40.00. As well the plate is cut as one continuous profile and doesn't require the handwork a homemade one needs. Jim Carter has the plate in his catalog and I'm sure a few other vendors will carry it if if demand goes up so it's no secret. I'm not advertising but this is the best picture of the plate:


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1955...201QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Curt B.


1952 1300 Canadian 1/2 ton restomod
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