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I'm still wanting to see what the market is for these.
I have also found that Walden's Speed Shop also sells an aluminum hub that will accept the finned aluminum Buick brake drum. Theirs is made of...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] These are the adapters that I have had produced before. One set has 5x5" and 5x5-1/2" lug pattern and the other has 5x4-1/2"...
I found that Pete and Jake's sells hubs designed like the 48 hubs. They are machined to accept finned aluminum Buick brake drums and I can machine...
Bumping this for the morning crowd. I have been out of stock for about 6 months and have only had about 3 requests for them.
I am looking to gauge interest in wide five adapters. I have sold about 50 sets of them world wide. The last batch took over a year to sell. I'm...
My adapters work well in the situation you are talking about. I used to use the ones made by Dick Spadaro before he died and ran into the same...
The 36 drum sits 7/8" further inboard and you will not have enough room between the rotor bolts and spindle bolts, plus it will run into the...
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They are in fact the mustang brakes that mount to a special hub that was made to fit the early Ford spindle. I have a set of these. This is a...
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I'm working on a casting pattern for these hubs along with wide five hubs. The plan is to cast them in 357 heat treated aluminum. This is part of...
I might just have to go and make them myself, that way guys who want to use original Buick drums will have a source of hubs.
I have searched for reproduction 46-48 hubs to no avail. All I find is the 40 style hubs with the drum on the front. Any thoughts on where to find...
The car has been finished for a while and the owner has it up for sale for $21,000. I will see if I can find some pictures of the finished car.
Feels good to be doing something for myself for a change.
Worked on the front brakes for it yesterday. This is also my prototype for early Ford brakes that I am developing. Wide five front hub with bolt...
Drums are often found to be rusted, cracked or oversized. I have been working on a disc brake set up that uses the hub of the two piece wide five...
You're welcome, that's what it's all about. Learning and passing on information
Round back spindles are 37-40. 41-48 used square back spindles. The register and bolt circle is the same but some grinding on the top may be...
That's cool! Is that resin? Is the part the same size for test fitting or oversized for casting?
Update: getting my life back in order after a divorce... Working part time at a body shop doing custom metal work. Running my Highway 101 Rod and...
Going through a bunch of stuff and found my jig plate with an unfinished crossover only it in welded steel. I should finish up this project and...
Thanks, I will see about doing it that way with silver paint.
It got sidelined while I was getting my life back together after the divorce. Now I am setting up my shop to work out of and might be able to make...
I use a Whitney hand punch to make 16 gauge 1/4" plugs. I just use masking tape to hold the plug in place if I can't smash it to fit. Normally...
Thank you very much Tetanus, those are all the dimensions that I needed.
Thanks Tetanus, The hub that I need dimensions of has the brake drum mounted on the back side.
I am still looking for this information
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