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deucemac · 11-27-2014, 02:49 AM

I don't know where the idea that "49 F2 brakes are Lockheed style. I took my F2 backing plates of a '49 F2 that sat in the desert for over 25 years. The owner parked it and walked off. I bought the backing plates for $30 and they are Bendix style with a single side wheel cylinder. I used '55 F100 wheel cylinders and push rods, new brake hardware, #33 shoe set from Napa and adapted Finned aluminum Buick drums with a Wilson welding hub kit to '42-'48 passenger spindles (21A). Five years on the road on my roadster and no problems what so ever. And they ARE '49 F2 with Bendix style shoes. I really don't think anyone snuck out to that truck and changed the backing plates.

11-27-2014, 02:49 AM	#16
deucemac Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tehachapi, Ca. Posts: 208	Re: 40 Front Axle With 49 F2 Brakes? I don't know where the idea that "49 F2 brakes are Lockheed style. I took my F2 backing plates of a '49 F2 that sat in the desert for over 25 years. The owner parked it and walked off. I bought the backing plates for $30 and they are Bendix style with a single side wheel cylinder. I used '55 F100 wheel cylinders and push rods, new brake hardware, #33 shoe set from Napa and adapted Finned aluminum Buick drums with a Wilson welding hub kit to '42-'48 passenger spindles (21A). Five years on the road on my roadster and no problems what so ever. And they ARE '49 F2 with Bendix style shoes. I really don't think anyone snuck out to that truck and changed the backing plates.