Has anybody figured out a way to install disc brakes on a stock Model A banjo axle without adding any width? Or, a way to install Bendix type drum brakes on a banjo without adding width? I bout a full set of the Lincoln 12” brakes but the add 2.5” to the total width and I don’t have any room to spare.
I had a quick-change rear end build for my Model A, which has closed drive shaft with a t-5 trans. 1940 Ford bells and narrowed to stock width with Lincoln brakes, 9" axles and a spring on top of axle like stock. Only reason I went this way is to run Kelsey Hays wires. Took 8 months and almost $8,000 in total.
Narrowing the axles would be the only way. A cheap way out would be steel wheels with the right offset. https://www.speedwaymotors.com/1937...e-Kit-5-on-4-1-2-Metric-w-Spindle,468165.html If you are running a 48-inch axle, your overall width once installed will be 56-1/4 inches.
Not as a purchased kit , All custom @ mix match of parts . Can be done , adding 1/8 - 1/4 each side to stock A rear ... Maybe "0" Just takes I vision with paper ,drawings, Thinking .... Oh Tool's ! Hot Rodding & Independent private ter racer thinking.