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Originally Posted by '28 RPU
Over on the HAMB there is a guy selling "A Corvair disc brake set up off of a 34 Ford. For the money he's asking $200 it could be a good deal for me. I'm concerned about what would be required to install it on a Model A. He is including the spindles which I think will go on a Model A axle, yes, no, maybe? He also mentions S10 but I'm not sure what is Corvair and what is S10. I would need to use an adapter from 5 x 4.75 to 5 x 5.5 to use my '35 wires and a support ring as well. Good deal? Bad deal? Buy it? Run away? It is the dang 5x5.5 lug pattern is what makes this project difficult. There are plenty of pieces available that use the smaller patterns. It probably would not be possible to drill the 4.75 rotors to change it to 5.5? Thanks again. Don
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Yo, Don - Coopman here...remember me? You seem like a nice guy that's seriously trying to put together a nice & simple, yet fun and reliable car that'll provide miles of smiles for you and Momma, and with a reasonable, yet prudent outlay of cash. So, for what it's worth, and keeping in mind "WHAT THE HECK DOES THIS Coop GUY KNOW", I'm gonna suggest that you run away from that Corvair and S-10 disc brake and spindle junk like a mad man.
I know what the 16" '35 wire wheels are. I like 'em....A LOT! Love them on a Model 'A'. But NOT knowing much (if anything) about the possible combinations that you might end-up with trying to make that stuff work on your I-beam, and I'm assuming a Model 'A' banjo-type rear end (?), one of the worst possibilities that you can end-up with is those wire wheels sticking-out way too far in relation to the fenders. You start running wheel adapters, plus the fact that many disc brake rotors tend to mount wheels farther outboard than brake drums would, is a possible situation that may come back to haunt you big-time. You mentioned that the Chevy spindles may be adaptable to the Ford I-beam. That in itself does not guarantee that the CAMBER angles will be anywhere near correct, as that angle is generally set in stone with each individual spindle design. Steering arm and tie rod arms also come into serious question whether or not their positions would be conducive for use with your steering box. If, for some self-satisfying reason you are determined to put discs on all four corners, we can likely figure a couple of MORE-REASONABLE ways to accomplish that end than by wasting $200 big ones on those old Ralph Nader parts. For what it may be worth, I would be willing to HELP you figure-out a plausible path toward your goal. I'm just throwing my .04 cents worth 'cuz you asked. I KNOW that there are better ways to do this than trying to adapt that Chevy stuff.
Are we actually talking about a '28 ROADSTER PICK-UP, or some other type of Model 'A'? What type of rear end? Stock A-bone steering? Stock, mechanical brakes currently?
Coop
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