Just Picked up This 36

[Mr. Will]

Hi guys, Its been a while sense I have posted but I do check in every so often to see what has been going on.
I just picked up this little 36 Cabriolet, all stock. I want to change it over to hydraulic brakes and keep the wide 5 wheels. My question is can I just change out the spindles to the later 37-48 spindles, use the 39-48 backing plates and my stock wide 5 drums?
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks Dan

[Mart]

Nice find. You might find that the conversion to hydraulic brakes pushes the wheels out in the fenders a bit. I think (not 100% sure) that you will need 39 hubs/drums in addition to the parts you have listed. The question has to be asked, why change? If the brakes are in good condition they should stop the car ok.

Mart.

[40cpe]

I can't help with the brake question, but congratulations!, that is a nice looking car.

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by Mr. Will

Hi guys, Its been a while sense I have posted but I do check in every so often to see what has been going on.
I just picked up this little 36 Cabriolet, all stock. I want to change it over to hydraulic brakes and keep the wide 5 wheels. My question is can I just change out the spindles to the later 37-48 spindles, use the 39-48 backing plates and my stock wide 5 drums?
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks Dan

That's a heck of a nice ol' '36!

Using the '37-'48 spindles, you'll need to use '37-'39 front drums to retain the wide-five bolt pattern because of the ONE-YEAR-ONLY '36 drums having a LONGER SNOUT to match the oddball '36-ONLY spindle length....but YES, your combo will work. The long snouts can be seen below. DD

[J Witt]

Nice piece of info about the '36 front drums/spindles.

My phaeton will slide the tires with the mechanical brakes and stops the car in traffic easily. Personally wouldn't think of changing to hydraulics. Just my preference.

John

[V8ER]

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Install floaters, not hydraulic.

[flatheadfan]

Dan-

I just finished changing my '36 cabriolet over to hydraulics. You must use '37-'48 spindles and '37-'39 front drums. For me this was the hard part. Finding usable front drums proved difficult. Many people think '36-'39 are the same. they are NOT. Rear drums can be used as is. For mounting, I used the V8 shop's fixture. I had to do some minor changes to get it to do what I wanted one of which was a remote filler.

Tom

[Mr. Will]

Originally Posted by V8COOPMAN

That's a heck of a nice ol' '36!

Using the '37-'48 spindles, you'll need to use '37-'39 front drums to retain the wide-five bolt pattern because of the ONE-YEAR-ONLY '36 drums having a LONGER SNOUT to match the oddball '36-ONLY spindle length....but YES, your combo will work. The long snouts can be seen below. DD

Great information that is exactly what I needed.
Thanks...

[Mr. Will]

I'm also looking for a nice set of 39 pedals. If anyone has a set please let me know.

Thanks Dan

[Vonn Ditch]

You are a very strong man.

[corvette8n]

Wow nice score.

[alanwoodieman]

just put a set of Flathead ted's floaters on a 36 sedan, this is the 3 rd set I have put on. 29 model A, 34 coupe. they work like hydraulics and half , no make that 1/8 the trouble converting of to hydraulics. think about this and then go to flatheadteds website and loo it over

[JM 35 Sedan]

Mr Will, did you sell that nice '35 coupe pictured in your Avatar? I remember your posts in the past and all the work you did on that coupe. Was very surprised when you mentioned plans to sell it. What all do you have in the cards for this nice '36 Cabriolet?

[Lawson Cox]

I went with floaters on my 36 and was very pleased. Nice buy, by the way.

[Mr. Will]

Originally Posted by JM 35 Sedan

Mr Will, did you sell that nice '35 coupe pictured in your Avatar? I remember your posts in the past and all the work you did on that coupe. Was very surprised when you mentioned plans to sell it. What all do you have in the cards for this nice '36 Cabriolet?

Yes I did sell that car and am sorry I did. I have been watching for a roadster but they are hard to come by so when this car came up I jumped.
I am basically going to do the same thing to this car that I did to the coupe. I have plans to tow my Kozy-Kamp so keeping the mechanical brakes is out of the question.

[Mr. Will]

I did find a set of 37-39 wide 5 front drums and backing plates from a friend but still need a set of backing plates for the back.

[JM 35 Sedan]

Originally Posted by Mr. Will

Yes I did sell that car and am sorry I did. I have been watching for a roadster but they are hard to come by so when this car came up I jumped.
I am basically going to do the same thing to this car that I did to the coupe. I have plans to tow my Kozy-Kamp so keeping the mechanical brakes is out of the question.

Sounds good, but IMHO, if I was planning to put hydraulic brakes on any of my '35's at this stage of the game, I would spend the $$'s and go with the MT Lincoln brakes made here in the USA.

[TJ]

Originally Posted by Mr. Will

Hi guys, Its been a while sense I have posted but I do check in every so often to see what has been going on.
I just picked up this little 36 Cabriolet, all stock. I want to change it over to hydraulic brakes and keep the wide 5 wheels. My question is can I just change out the spindles to the later 37-48 spindles, use the 39-48 backing plates and my stock wide 5 drums?
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks Dan

Did you get that cabriolet from Memory Lane Motors? It looked good in their photos.

[Mr. Will]

Originally Posted by TJ

Did you get that cabriolet from Memory Lane Motors? It looked good in their photos.

Yes I bought it from Dale, he is who I bought the 35 Coupe from as well.

[Mr. Will]

Originally Posted by JM 35 Sedan

Sounds good, but IMHO, if I was planning to put hydraulic brakes on any of my '35's at this stage of the game, I would spend the $$'s and go with the MT Lincoln brakes made here in the USA.

From what I understand the Lincoln backing plates will not work with the wide 5 drums?