1946 Plymouth brake conversion

[dale]

Ordered a front disc brake set for my 1946 Plymouth yesterday from Scarebird and picked up rotors, calipers, and pads at NAPA today.  Be intresting to see how much better they work than drums.  If you didnt already know this setup will enable the use of the stock rims.

[casper50]

used the same one on my 47 dodge

 

[Andydodge]

O/k so the 4 wheel disc setup I have in my 1940 Dodge is not a US kit but Oz sourced/modified but you won't believe how nice disc brakes make driving an old car. I also had a 1941 Plymouth with the stock brakes........no comparison between them...........good luck with the swap.......andyd 

[dale]

So Andydodge...What do you have for a rearend in the 1940 Dodge ?  Does the rearend with disc brakes enable the use of stock rims ?   Id like to change the rearend to one with discs but want to retain the stock rims...

[dale]

Got the brake stuff from Scarebird and the installation was very easy.  Total cost for everything which was $355 from Scarebird and the rest from NAPA came to a total of $611 including taxes.   New lugs nuts included.  Bleeding the calipers was a snap.  Im using the stock master cyl. and they work great.  Ill try to load a picture.   Dale

[dale]

Site keeps saying Im using too many bits even on one picture...

[_shel_ny]

Try making a copy of the pic. Save the larger one for your own use.

Resize the copy to under 100kb with "paint".

Then try posting.

The new site set up will show that 100kb pic well, and you will save some of your site storage allotment by not using 2-3mb pics.

Edited October 18, 2016 by _shel_ny