Ford F 1 brake drums. Is there a Front brake drum that will fit an F 1 that has a 5 on 4 1/2 inch bolt pattern? I am restoring a Deuce roadster to 1959 hot rod standards and I am going to use the F 1 brakes on the front. Any help? Thanks JIm
Probably not, but you could re-drill them. You might want to check this out and do an introduction before you go much farther: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=44274
i just bought a 49- f-1 . some one had put a 9 inch rear end under it, and the front drums are early? ford car with the 4.5 bolt pattern. the king pins and spindles were not changed. i still am trying to figure this one out
I recently bought 86' F-150 Ford rear drums for my F-1 spindles. Everything is a perfect match, center dia., drum height, backing plate fit. I redrilled mine for the wheels I'm going to be using. These drums are a lot less than the $95 to $140 price I found for 46' F-1 front drums---
I have them sitting right here in the box, NAPA part number 440-1455 Rear drums from a later Model Ford. They have a tad wider braking surface than the stock F1 drums. About $40 each. Credit goes to Rich B. EDIT: Sorry, these are 5x5.5" bolt pattern to fit stock F1 hubs and spindles.
Sounds to me like you have '49-'56 Car drums and hubs . Much the same deal as I mentioned in my post above yours . .
Could you expand on this a little more, which bearings and seals etc. How did you end up with 11" brakes, did you use wagon hubs and drums, or are were the shoebox Fords built with bigger brakes in your country? The last '50 sedan I did the brakes on had 10" brakes.
My apologies guys . I been back and had a look at how I did it ( was 5 years ago and many many projects since ) and I used the F100 backing plates and the 49-56 car hubs ( to get the 5 on 4.5 pattern ) and drilled the F100 drums to suit . Sorry for the confusion - ain't getting older a bitch! .
now i am confused. the truck i just bought, a roler, has 5 lug, 4.5 inch hubs and the small drums with f-1 backing plates. hell,i dont know
On the front they can be used as an economical alternative to the expensive reproduction F-1 drums. If you are also asking about rear drums for an F-1, the rear drums are readily available in the replacement parts market as they were used by Ford into the 60's.
IMHO a 1959 era hot rod would not have a 4.5 " bolt pattern. The 5.5" is more likely to be the norm at that time period. I'd use the standard 5.5" bolt pattern to make it more accurate. That's JMHO. I have F1 brakes on my 34 PU. and I can use real old Ford wheels and have to run modern reproduction wheels that I have on my 8" Ford rear end. I don't like the look. My repro wheels do not have the cooling slots that the original Ford wheels have. I'm anal about this stuff I know. so shoot me.
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