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vintagehotrods · 03-29-2023, 03:01 AM

A friend of mine recently picked up these early Ford Lockheed style hydraulic backing plates. He's been working with this old Ford stuff for 50 years and has never seen another set like it. What makes them different than the regular '39 to '41 hydraulic backing plates is that the the bottom halves are ventilated. They have Factory Ford script stamped on them and they look like factory stampings, not modified hydraulic backing plates. After looking closely at them myself, I can't see any evidence that they were cut, trimmed and ground. They are for standard 12" drums and have grooved brake shoes. What were they used on and what years were they made?

03-29-2023, 03:01 AM	#1
vintagehotrods Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Prescott, AZ Posts: 20	Identify these mystery ford backing plates??? A friend of mine recently picked up these early Ford Lockheed style hydraulic backing plates. He's been working with this old Ford stuff for 50 years and has never seen another set like it. What makes them different than the regular '39 to '41 hydraulic backing plates is that the the bottom halves are ventilated. They have Factory Ford script stamped on them and they look like factory stampings, not modified hydraulic backing plates. After looking closely at them myself, I can't see any evidence that they were cut, trimmed and ground. They are for standard 12" drums and have grooved brake shoes. What were they used on and what years were they made?