Cycle wing bracket LH for cortina upright anyone?

[markat]

Hi, 

 

Had a bit of an issue with a weld on my cycle bracket today which resulted in a snap and the wing getting trapped under the front wheel. I was only seconds from home too 😒. 

Anyone have a spare for sale please? 

Many thanks 

Mark

[markat]

I can't really get it repaired either because I had to twist it off as I was stuck on the high street causing the traffic to back up behind me. 😕

[markat]

I contacted Westfield earlier who said they don't have the tooling to make them anymore. 🫣

I'm stuffed at the moment unless I can find someone to make one locally. 

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

Have you called Siltech? https://www.siltechracing.com/

 

I'm not sure if there billet upright has the wing stay holes in the same place as yours, however they should be able to copy your good item-

 

[Greenstreak-Andy D]

8 hours ago, markat said:

I contacted Westfield earlier who said they don't have the tooling to make them anymore. 🫣

I'm stuffed at the moment unless I can find someone to make one locally. 

Any good local fabrication shop should be able to make one up from a damaged sample. 
Andy at Siltech sells his stays for his uprights. I’m sure he could do something for you too. 
Andy

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

20 hours ago, markat said:

I contacted Westfield earlier who said they don't have the tooling to make them anymore. 🫣

I'm stuffed at the moment unless I can find someone to make one locally. 

 

Wait, I think there might be some confusion on what you have here; do you mean you have the original Ford Cortina cast iron uprights with matching wing stays? (rather than the cast aluminium uprights currently sold by the factory - wing stays for the aluminium uprights should be available no problem, but it's correct, uprights for the cast iron ones haven't been available for a long time.)

 

I'm not sure if they fit the cast iron uprights, but years ago, the stays made by Tiger Racing used to be popular replacements for those that had suffered broken Westfield stays. They were quite keenly priced, too, though obviously, you'd need a pair, to match.

[evosteve]

They are different, I had to get new ones to fit the Westfield alloy uprights.

[markat]

12 hours ago, Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman said:

 

Wait, I think there might be some confusion on what you have here; do you mean you have the original Ford Cortina cast iron uprights with matching wing stays? (rather than the cast aluminium uprights currently sold by the factory - wing stays for the aluminium uprights should be available no problem, but it's correct, uprights for the cast iron ones haven't been available for a long time.)

 

I'm not sure if they fit the cast iron uprights, but years ago, the stays made by Tiger Racing used to be popular replacements for those that had suffered broken Westfield stays. They were quite keenly priced, too, though obviously, you'd need a pair, to match.

I have original cortina uprights with matching brackets. I've managed to come up trumps with a chap very local to me who says he can repair it. Thanks to all for the advice and recommendations.