Hay can any one out there help me. I have a set of early ford spindles, backing plates and drums put the insides are gone. I would like to know what my options are for breaks with these spindals. I have a 69 Buick Wildcat that will be donating her sol to the project does any one know if I could use the brakes off the Buick and if so what mods will be needed. Any help you can offer would be great.
OK I'm lost. The Buick brakes will work fine you'll have to redrill the backing plates and either adapt the hubs or knock the hubs out of the drums and drill the drums for the ford bolt pattern. I think some of the guys use lincoln backing plates and buick drums but I've never done that so for me it would be a matter of adapting the buick brakes to the ford spindles.
I have a bit of a different question to sort of lift the thread and discuss. I have a '30 Ford tudor that is as low-buck as I can possibly make it as the project develops. When I talk to other rodders, they all seem to swear that disc brakes are the way to go on a good street rod these days. More go and more Woah! I know a bit about installing later Ford or Lincoln backing plates and getting rid of the mechanical brake rods in going to juice brakes. However, I am in the dark of what to use for disc brakes should I decide to keep the original spindles and axle set up on front. I see Baer and other manufacturers offer disc brakes for street rods. Several of the companies seem to imply they have everything for early model Fords, but when I go to the sites, they really are speaking of a later model Ford than the '28-'31 models. If I want to keep my original '30 spindles, is there a disc brake set up that I can use on this low-budget car and not have to swap the original spindles out for later ones? Is there essentially a bolt on set up to be had or does everything require adaptation? Hope that does not take away from your questions, but it all seemed to fit into this thread and I did not want to open up another one if it were unnecessary.
You might consider trying to find a 32 front suspension setup to use, to make it easier to adapt brakes, whether disk or drum.
NN,I can hook you up with Lincoln backing plates with 2" shoes.And the hubs to put your 90 fin drums on.$400.00 and $220.00 As far as disc brakes,nope.You will not stop any faster in a light skinny tire car then with good drum brakes."Street rods have disc,hot rods have drums." (ol'HAMB saying) You can scrounge all the Ford parts from 1939-48 and just need adapter rings for your A spindles.$55.00
like vaphead said, get a set of early ford hydraulic brakes. if you can find a complete front end from a 39-48 ford it will have the spindles and brakes that you need. you should be able to run the later spindles on the model A axle no problem. if you want to get fancy those buick drums are adaptable to run with the ford backing plates and spindles. you have to drill new holes in the drum to accept the ford hubs and have the brake shop do some clearance cuts on the drums to clear the backing plates when you have them turned. if cost is a concern, sell the buick drums to finance the other parts you need. remember, these 12" hydraulic brakes were meant to stop a car that ways at least 50% more than the model A you are putting them in. the brakes won't be your limiting factor in how quick you can stop.
Maybe this from the HAMB "TECH ARCHIVE" will answer some questions for you...Theres more to read in the ARCHIVE as well... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=200
The Jalopy Journal
