Disc brakes for 1964 ford Galaxie wagon

[Mach1twister]

I am looking for information on a 1964 Galaxie Station Wagon front disc brake setup I basically need to know what will fit. And if anybody has the parts that I need. Thanks for your help

[Mike P]

Hi, I'm in the process of collecting parts and information for my 64 Ford Custom (fullsize) project.

What I've found out so far is that the spindle, rotor, caliper etc from; 74-78 Thunderbird, Cougar, Mercury, 77-78 LTD II, 74-76 Montego and Torino, and 74-78 Contentinal are all a bolt on. The rub is that most 14" wheels won't fit and some of the vehicles mentioned are 5 on 5 bolt circle (the Contentinals and some of the other full size Ford products in that era).

I've also been told that 75-78 Comet, Maverick, Grenada and Monarc set up will also work but the spindles need to be redrilled for the bigger ball joints tappers and it will result in about a 2" drop.

I haven't done much research into what I'll be using for a master cyl yet, but I figure that will be the easy part of the conversion.

Hope this helps.

[junkyardjeff]

Would those spindles work on a 65 country squire too? I have the spindles from a 71-2 galaxie but I am worried about parts availability. Jeff

[Mach1twister]

This information helps big time because the local salvage has a couple of the T-Birds from that era. Thanks again

[Mach1twister]

In regards to using the spindles from a Granada and that style of car is the length of the steering arm the same. I did that swap on my 70 mustang and that part looks shorter on mine than the galaxie.

[Mike P]

My understanding is that the critical dimensions for the spindles from the early 60 thru the late 70's fullsize ford cars are close enough that this is a bolt on swap and there fore should also work on the 65. The reason I was given for using the later spindels (74-79) is that the availability of rotors calipers etc is better/cheaper.

As far as the grenada swap, I really didn't research it too much as the drop was not something I want for my project.

[billstrom]

My 70 Torino needs power disc brakes. I have a 73 Cougar with them, is this a relatively direct swap or will I have to find a different doner? Thanks