Quote Originally Posted by Easyrider View Post
I am not sure where you find $40 calipers, but the existing ones on my donor are already paid for.
Easyrider, GM metric calipers have sort of beome the "universal" caliper for mustang II swaps, I don't know if a person would really use Mustang II calipers as those where pretty light cars and the caliper wouldn't be suited to stop a heavier streetrod. The metric calipers came on GM products 1978 & up, the brtackets most Mustang II companies include are for this caliper, Speedway Motors has em for $29.99 for 2 3/8" bore new calipers Part # UP37799 in there Garage Sale for the left side, ebay has quite a few starting at the same cost brand new. The nice thing also about the gm's (besides parts availablity) is you can get different bore sizes to suite your ride depending on your rear calipers as well.
Like you mentioned make it your ride and if you want to reuse donor parts more power to you, but if you have a mustang II kit the available parts are dirt cheap and available anywhere and somebody else has already done the hard work (engineered). If you decide to reuse other parts I would take Tech up on his offer, nothing like experience in this game. I have worked weeks on parts just to scrap the whole idea because it either didn't look right or after I was done it really wasn't the best choice and it cost me more in the end, I admire your preserverence, if fabrication is your game (I love it) have at it But I am know expert and try to heavily practice the KISS principal myself, if for nothing else for later repairs and breakdowns. Have fun if I can be of any help, yell but I am sure Tech will get you lined out!