Thread: Juice Brakes to Early Ford Axle

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Good advice, thanks. Googled it and found tons of info. Seems that pre-1953 brakes are not a good idea, since they are not self energizing. Naturally all the stuff I've collected is the pre '53 stuff. Says those grab, maintenance probs etc. so now I have to find some '53 to '56 stuff. One guy said that clear through the 50's and into the 60's the brake drums were the same and he THOUGHT the backing plates, though different, could be modified. ANYBODY ?
However it sounds like a different problem exists with early wires on '53 up drums since spacers are needed, but no discussion on that same old situation with the wires needing support inside the bolt pattern. So now I don't have it figured out, again. ANYBODY use pre-'53 non self-energizing brakes to good effect? Sounds like "Roadster '32" did. What say you, Roadster? TerryOMT