There is a thread on here detailing how to convert early Ford brakes to self energizing using 70's era Impala station wagon internals. I've been searching but can't find the article. Also I remember a shop somewhere had posted on the net a step by step on this process. (I've tried the search function to no avail!). Anybody know where this stuff is at? Thanks up front!
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Excellent Badshifter. Looks like you might have been doing a little research on your own? There is another article that details using the Ford backing plates and the Chevy guts. I have enough info here to muddle through I'm sure. I do these but I'm hoping there's a better way than mine.
Or you can put '56 F-100 front brakes all the way around. They're self energizing but not self adjusting. But they bolted on to my early '32 rear end, and my '40 spindles. One of the front bearings is different. Can't remember if its inner or outer. But the other bearing is the same. Oh, you won't have an E-brake either.
I have my own tech Archive that I refer to from time to time when I see useful info, part numbers etc. I wrote a tech article on the 40 ford brake conversion that's in the archives, and I just did a F 100 rear brake and axles to Halibrand V8 Quickchange swap. I'll do a tech that after Fathers Day. The Impala swap looks decent, but I think it's easier and cheaper to go with the F100 conversion as so many are getting street rodded, disc braked etc. Good Luck!
Awhile back I had an article on using the GM guts from some other site I believe. The conversion was just perfect! The used all the Impala internals and did some mods to the Ford backing plates. I'm going to snag a set and figure out the dimensions and details. I've used the F-250 conversion many times, (we just did Kesses' '34 that way), but I like the GM conversion even more. I get bored doing the same thing.
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