23 tbucket w/ a 440 6 pack, and have ?S

Hello my names nate im 25 currently and am considered to be "that young generation with riceburners." I usually get responses like thats yours? Typically as well as, your young to own that car. To which my normal response is yea but who was alive in 1923 to own this car now, I dont see anyone in their 80's and 90s driving them thats for sure. Really though this generation is mostly into the burners, I started out with a ford focus. My last car before this was a 69 mustang to which I got rid of with an opportunity to own this car. When I was young my dad used to take me to the NSRA york hotrod show every year as well as the dirt track races. He knows nothing about working on them so I was on my own there and have learned alot as I've gone.

A little about the car. The former owner had passed away within a year or so, he was the one who had built the car. It's a 440 6 pak big block chrysler out of a 70' superbee. The transmission was just done with a torqueflight tranny and a 3500 stall, the rear is a Ford 9". It's a kit car it's all glass which leads me to a ?

The gentleman I got it from had inherited the car and didnt know to much about it. I need to order brakes, the front are disc but they came with the kit from what I understand. They are definetly not a standard caliper and rotor off any old car. Can anyone lead me in the right direction?

Some of you may recognize the car.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/IMG_3475.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/IMG_3477.jpg

I would call Speedway Motors.
Sweet ride!

Disc brakes for spindle mount wheels...is there a name or part number on the calipers???

First of all, welcome to CHR, you're going to like it here. Can you post a couple of good pics of the brake set-up?

Mike

Nice looking T, welcome to the forum. That motor has to be worth a few bucks alone, very different and cool.

Yep, we need some pictures of the brake setup, close up ,so we can try to help you out.

Don

Welcome aboard.

It might also be useful to check the wheels to see if there's a brand listed on the hubs or rims: e.g. Hallcraft . Total Performance used to sell these kind of setups, TP has now been absorbed into Speedway Motors.

Welcome to the forum, Nate. You have a sweet T, and I'm sure you get looks and comments, especially from your peers. You'll get good answers here with no hassles.

Welcome Aboard Nate; Nice car I bet it has plenty of go power too.
But it probably would be nice to stop when you want too.
HE! HE! HE! Enjoy the site, it will help you enjoy your ride that much more.
Kurt

Welcome Nate - while the other guys are helping you figure out the brakes have you got a good "chute packer"??

With that much engine I would bet a set of wings would allow that "T" to fly!

Good to have you with us. We're mostly a bunch of old guys and a few really nice gays too! We've been where you are and it's very refreshing to see a man of your good looks have a brain that goes along with the package!!

Regards,
Glenn

Welcome Nate, you are on the right track straight off,one with joining this forum and,two, that awesome little T ,damn better than a closed car ( mustang) any day. :LOL::LOL::LOL: You have already got some of the most knowledgeable, neat people responding to your post. Good luck sorting out the whoa factor out on that wow car.:eek::eek::eek:

Hey thanks guys for the warm welcome, yea let me go get a picture of the brakes. Theres nothing imprinted onto the spindle or wheel of any kind i'll go ahead and post a picture of it in this thread.

Heres a view from the front of the wheel I beleive the caliper says something with a H on it.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/IMG_3490.jpg
Heres from the back of the wheel
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/IMG_3491.jpg
and a view from the top
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...m/IMG_3492.jpg

I hope this helps, like I said I know the general specs on the car now it's up to me to figure out everything else. Heres a good one of the motor, yea it does kind of haul pretty good. It's really overkill but I like it and nothing beats the sound of a big block, you really almost cant use all the power as around 3/4 throttle the front end starts to come up around 50 or so and the car starts to float and you have to end up letting off. I didnt buy the car for speed, I love street rods and the noise of the big block. My next upgrade though is an electric fan for sure.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...46BLufgjZF.jpg
enjoy and thanks for any help.

HA! HA! HA! HE! HE! HE! Glenn are you trying to give this poor Guy the wrong Idea???
Right off you talk about Chute Packer's then you miss spell Guy"s and write Gay's.
Well Glenn You are starting to scare me too!!!! HE! HE! HE!
See Nate just a good bunch of guys trying to have fun and work on our cars.
So enjoy the site, it's a good one.
Kurt

Im sure i'm going to be in here with all kinds of crazy questions in the future as I go on figuring out this car.

Those are Hurst-Airheart disc brakes, you didn't have a good shot of the spindles, but I'd bet they're Chev. Hurst is long out of the picture, but Airheart still exists: http://www.airheart-brakes.com/front-end.html

Awesome, thank you! It looks like they are the 175H hydraulic I think.

yep... www.speedwaymotors.com also sells the Airheart break parts

Welcome, you will have fun here. Nicest and most knowledgeable people are here, better than all those other sites :LOL:
You might want to pick up a set of rotors too, very nice car.
Ken

Thanks guys im also gonna check out that other site you listed above for the brakes.

That car has to be fast as hell..That engine in a dump truck full of gravel would run in the 13s.

Yea had it out today for a bit, down in low gear jumping on it the front end lifted. My buddy in the passenger seat had a pretty wide eyed look when we came down and felt the front tires touch pavement again.

Cool car, yea sppedway or Total Perormance t buckets sells that stuff. Cool ride, nothing says Hot Rod like a T bucket :D

If I had that car, I'd get a set of brakes and hubs and replace the spindle mounts, unless you're really in love with the look. I'd be awful nervous dropping that 440 from a wheelie onto those wires! Or bending it around a quick unexpected corner or lane change with all that weight on them. Gotta admit it looks great!

O I love the look, I dont try and hang it in the air to often as it beats the car. Have to go out and clean it here now, damn bugs.

Hey Nate, I think after awhile You may change your mind on those spoke wheels!!!!;);)My bucket has polished aluminuin this and that and the whole front end is chrome and after taking it out for a spin,I spend the next 4 hours polishing everythig again while mutting under my breath about the stupid person (me) that decided to have it all done...:LOL::LOL::LOL:

^yea I know what you mean, I dont mind to much though my daily driver hasnt been cleaned in awhile. Usually after every drive I pull it in the garage and go over the whole car quick and do all the wheels with a microfiber rag. Seems to work good so far and doesnt take long at all.

Cool T....:3dSMILE: Nice to see somthing other than SBC, I've got one because it's cheap. I like shiny stuff so I got some polished aluminum and such on both my trucks, and one day I questioned my sanity, cause I hate polishing anything. Some guys like it though. Anyway very cool ride. Hey if you drive it just right, you'll never wear those front tires out.:D

Jim Wilkos who was Vice Pres of Total Performance for 16yrs is now selling disc brake kits & parts for spindle mounted wheels that are using 37-48Ford spindles, 49-54 Chevy spindles & all Total Performance spindles.....joe

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If I had that car, I'd get a set of brakes and hubs and replace the spindle mounts, unless you're really in love with the look. I'd be awful nervous dropping that 440 from a wheelie onto those wires! Or bending it around a quick unexpected corner or lane change with all that weight on them. Gotta admit it looks great!

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Welcome to CHR Nate... you gota a sweet engine there with a car built around it! :3dSMILE: