1952-59 Ford Granada disc brakes

I have a 55 Fairlane I heard that granada spindels that are tappered out to fit the larger ball joint of the Fairlane will work. Can anyone tell what years granada will work thank you

 

1975 to 1980 should be the ones you are looking for

 

Thank you very much for the info I really appreciate it

 

I went the granada route with my front brakes and used areostar springs and had the spindles reamed to set the ball joint all the way down. That dropped the front a full 3" but required a special shim to go under the ball joint nut. I promise you, unless you find a donor and get all the parts at one time, you will spend more money then it will cost you to get a disk brake kit from Drop'em & Stop'em.

 

Really? I'll take that into consideration I've heard their easy to find and I've heard their hard to find my grandfather is retired and he loves going to the junkyards so I was going to have him keep his open thank you for the feed back

 

Same year Lincoln Versaille (sp) spindles are the same as well as the Mercury's. With the Versaille spindles you do not have to ream the bottom ball joint hole.

All are getting harder to find. Keep in mind that you are probably going to have to replace the calipers and rotors.

Take all the parts off the donor car - calipers, spindles, rotors, combo valve and master cylinder. make sure you note where all the lines go on the combo valve.

As far as the master cylinder, you can run either power or non power (different master). I ran non-power on my 54, the breaks work fine.

 

Good info here. After reading this I found a local Granada for parts. Is there a thread already made on this conversion? Just wanna look at the work involved. Thanks.

 

I'd still advise you to add all the cost up before you go the junkyard route. Cost of the used parts, new rotors, caliper kit or rebuilt, tool cost for reamer or machine shop charge, ball joint shim, seals, bearings, brake hoses and however much time it takes you to round it all up. But if you get lucky and the rotors are good and you can borrow a reamer from a buddy who knows the taper and how deep to cut, you just may make out

 

If I remember correctly, the rotors, calipers and master were relatively cheap as Ford used these on a lot of cars. Check the prices at a local parts store or pull up the NAPA, O'Reilly's, Advanced Auto, Autozone web sites and you can get some prices.

Here's an article on the Granadas Discs http://www.midnightdsigns.com/james/Disc Brakes.htm#Granada discs

Here's another article: http://www.57fordsforever.com/mags/archives/sept01_newsletter.pdf

 

Thanks for the insight guys. I appreciate the effort.
Drop'em n stop'em sells the kit for some 750$ I remember, so being a safety issue I dont know...