Re: [FWDLK] dual m/c on 58 DeSoto

[Dave Casey <dcasey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

AAJs rotors and calipers are production parts. If you buy the basic kit,
they'll tell you which ones to get (77 Volare for example).

Dave Casey

----- Original Message -----
From: "bill parker" <hemirr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] dual m/c on 58 DeSoto


> I've received several inquiries off the list about some of the details in
> this conversion, but I have a couple of things to add on-list.  I stopped
> getting caught up in the discussions about whether it was necessary which
> also go along with this thread on other lists for older Mopars, it is
> similar to the discussions about whether it is necessary to convert to
> discs.  My own feeling is that since the modern safety feature is now
> available (when it wasn't in 1958 at least on Mopars), and it is so cheap
> and easy to add it, why not, but I would agree that it isn't actually
> necessary.  As far as disc brakes, for my A bodies its a no-brainer, both
9"
> and 10" original A body drum setups are ridiculously weak in my
expierience,
> but a 11X2.5 or 11X3 system like our C and D bodies have are pretty dang
> good.  I'm not aware of a direct changeover to disc brakes using all Mopar
> parts for my '60 Saratoga or '65 Imperial, and don't really want to put on
> parts from Master Power or AAJ which I then have to go back to (if they're
> still in business) to get replacements later.  I've got a set of discs I
> took off a '76 D100 pickup I parted out last fall and I've been thinking
of
> doing a little measuring with an eye to using on the '60 or '65, since the
> ball joints have the same dimensions; one thing I would like to gain with
> the Imperial is a change to standard 4.5" bolt pattern wheels (I'd have to
> have the rear re-drilled also).  If anyone is aware of interchangeability
> with Mopar parts onto pre-'66 C and D bodies I'd love to hear the details.
>
> Bill & Kathi Parker, South Central Indiana
> '60 Chrysler Saratoga; '62 Plymouth Max Wedge; '64 Dart convertible
(Kathi's
> car); '65 Barracuda \6 (Kathi's other car); '65 Imperial; '68 Barracuda FB
> 340-S; '69 Barracuda FB now 360 (David's car); '72 Cuda '340
>
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