brake drums early ford
 

Hi All,

Restoring a one-off built on a 1950's Kurtis chassis which came with Ford running gear. Need to find replacement front drums but can't identify. 12" dia, 2" shoe, 4.5" bolt centres, 3.25" hub, 3.75" offset. Goes on and early ford kingpin style spindle. Here's what it looks like. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Paul.

Re: brake drums early ford
 

Looks like a 40 ford with the hub on the Inside thats had the bolt circle redrilled

Re: brake drums early ford
 

Hi Skid,


The outer holes are for rivets. The drum was riveted to the hub - don't know why that would be necessary but that's what's there.

Re: brake drums early ford
 

plain ol ford drum. these guys make the best new ones http://www.bolingbrothers.com/brands...-Products.html

Re: brake drums early ford
 

Sounds like a chevy drum. Do you have a picture of the hub?
Chevy brakes on I beam ford axles was a swap at one time but it used the chevy spindle but you had to cut the axle boss down

Re: brake drums early ford
 

Looks like that to me too./

Re: brake drums early ford
 

Here's the hub. Starting to look like maybe the hub was originally 5.5" bolt centres that was changed to 4.5" centres for some reason?

Re: brake drums early ford
 

Yep, must have wanted to fit a 4.5 inch rim size.

Re: brake drums early ford
 

I'll bet they weren't rivets they just cut the original swaged studs
flush with the drum and redrilled for the smaller circle.


Bob

Re: brake drums early ford
 

You got it Bob. Thank you everyone for the help. Paul.

Re: brake drums early ford
 

Bingo to Bob!

Re: brake drums early ford
 

dont we get to see a picture of the old racer ?

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