We can beat this disc brake vs drum brake horse all day, and you are still going to have advocates on both sides of that discussion. Besides, gsp392 has already stated he wants drums for the old timey look (and IMO those SoCal and other similar discs posing as drum brakes DO NOT fool anyone, they still look ok on a street rod, but not on a hot rod)

So, to get gsp392 the feedback he really wanted, I think the front torsion bar idea is a good one. At one time I would have not thought so, but Jim (JRobinson) on here has an A coupe with torsion bars, and it is the cleanest installation I have ever seen. I hope he sees this and posts some pictures of how he did it. You have to stand on your head to even see them in his car, and he says it handles great.

Don