Technical Hidden Disc Brake options.

Just run the disks, like Kerry posted in that other thread. Reminds me of Cole Fosters quote in one of the first Mad Fab Society DVDs about builders making fake covers for their fake covers where the Japanese make minimal, funtional parts (referring to bikes, but the quote fits)

 

I didn't think so. (On the Christmas thing )
You build your way , I'll build mine.
I think that the disc covers with scoops are quite tastefully done and good in appearance as well.
I have another motivation in doing these as well, I will be using the backing plates as a place to mount removable cycle fender brackets.
The car is and will remain fenderless, I'm only doing the cycle fenders to p*** any possible future inspections.
After that they will "fall off "
Larry

 

Cycle fenders make sense doing the backing plates. I remember Mike Key doing something similar 15ish years ago. God save the Queen and her pressing thumb..............

 

I thought you wanted hidden disk brakes? that home made style while nice, just looks like disc brakes. The caliper is VERY obvious.... it's not faking anyone. So why bother? Is the idea just to not see the disk?

I want to add it does look better than a lot of the disk brakes you see on hot rods without backing plates. I guess I am just confused as to what you are trying to accomplish. Besides the better braking of the disk of course....

 

I like the look of the backing plate and the scoop which end up covering the disc. When the backing plate and caliper are the same color the caliper is less obvious.
I don't think having the caliper being seen will bother me that much, and as mentioned earlier I want to have a convenient place to mount cycle fender brackets which when removed will leave nothing but a few holes.

The fully hidden disc brakes would be a nice option, I'm just having a hard time with the low value of the Canadian dollar along with the $2000 US price of the kit.
Oh well
Nothing is written in stone If you looked at my build thread from start to finish you would see that I have a way of changing my mind and that things just kind of evolve
It will end when I get out to the shop and build something Maybe.
Larry

 

I personally am going to let my discs hang out in the breeze, but I can say that they were made in '64 and while many will toss their chow I can self justify my self righteous self.

Larry while many may not agree I do like where you are going with it, I am and always have been a form follows function type of a guy but I do appreciate a well thought out piece that has a look that is a little bit different. Hell I own a fancy watch, I don't wear it very often but I like it, if you catch my drift. Not everyone in my little world needs to be bare bones, some do need to be a little bit more refined.

 

I have been watching quietly and I have a suggestion. Blue you built your whole truck but building/engineering your own doesn't seem to be an option? There are hundreds of small calipers that would work for little $$$. The same goes for rotors, if you go to a thinner solid and not the thick cast vented ones. While it's easier to use a rotor that the wheel bolts to, how about an early hub with a flange to bolt a rotor to? There are calipers used for motorcycles that would work fine up front and are smaller than the one pictured. The same goes for the sport or touring bike rotors...my 2 cents.

 

Interesting ideas to be sure. May bear investigating a little.

 

You are absolutely correct, you can get very small calipers from the motorcycle industry and there are even some that resemble the old hurst/Airhearts if you want a nostalgic look.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/09-10-11-12...ash=item2101008891:g:ljsAAOSw9N1V1MjV&vxp=mtr

 

^^^ One of hundreds of them for sale. Large pads and will bring a 900 plus pound rider and bike combo to a stop in short order from well over a 100 mph. They are floating as well.