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As shown, sales poster for the 1950 Oldsmobile. Beat up but very suitable for framing.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
We received a spindle from a home built rod. We were able to mod our 1937-45 Plymouth kit to work, but would like to know what it is from. My...
We worked up a disc setup for the 1948-54 Hudson cars except the Jet. We tested fitted this on a spindle but unfortunately have not had a car to...
We have developed a neat little setup for the 1958-64 Chevy Impala rear to convert it to disc. This will fit inside the stock drum 14" rims. If...
We are having fitment issues with a 1956 Olds. Our customer, a Canadian importer, thinks that 88's have Chevy chassis like Canadian Pontiacs and...
We have found more and more calipers that we spec out have the banjo bolt sealing surface "blown away" by heavy shot blasting. Does anybody have...
We bought a axle housing end for what we believe was a 1965 Cadillac. We lost the documentation in a shop clean up. I attached a few pix of this...
Is there any demand for the late 49-55 Kaiser vehicles to get disc? I was at a supplier today and there was a 52ish Kaiser there - nice shape....
My lathe motor went up in smoke last week turning hubs; connectors inside the replacement Dayton motor j-box are completely different from OEM Jet...
Working on a new setup that should fit inside the stock rims.
I did not have room for a real tranny jack, so after thinking a bit came up with this idea. I was in a hurry so assembly was crude. As you see I...
Some dolt wallered out the holes for the locating dowels in my BOP bellhousing. My thought was if I can find the x-y dimensions for those and the...
A friend of mine has a 52, he believes that special head bolts are needed - I cannot see why. Mark
We have prototyped a new budget disc set, just need to verify the hose routing. Looking for a car to test fit on... this new setup uses the...
We have been working on a disk conversion for the 1955 through 1956 Mopar fronts. I wanted to verify that we got sent the correct stock drum hub....
We doped out a bolt-in manual dual master - this fits in the stock position. But before we can sell it I must know what stops the pedal in the...
We finished up a project to convert a 55 Buick to dual remote reservoir master strictly bolt in. According to Hollander these units are only 55...
We have finally got the ball rolling on a setup for the 39-42 Plymouths (non 7 passenger). But it seems that there was quite a bit of mix-n-match...
We have doped out a neat little front disc setup for the 1954-56 Ford and Mercurys, along with some T-Birds. It uses later 11" Continental rotors...
Last month I picked up a 1977 Bridgeport knee mill for the shop. The price was right - only problem was that the OEM motor was a 5hp 3 phase...
We are reworking our disc setup for the prewar Plymouths. Looks like we will be reusing the stock drum hub (other than minor machining no issues...
We are building up a disc conversion for this, but need some help with pix of the suspension for possible clearance issues - any would be great,...
Cruising a local pull-a-part and found this in the Mopar section. Lynnwood, WA - truck should be there about another week, maybe two
We finished up a nice conversion for the 1949-54 Plymouth with both ten and eleven inch brakes. A customer in BC ordered a set for his 46, and of...
My father and I went up to visit Old Beet today to learn a few things about fitting 49-51 Merc's with disc. Beetle helped us out with a extra...
I picked up a spindle based on the request of a few guys wanting disc for this application. Hollander says this uses a 15 by 5-1/2" rim, with a...
I just finshed up a set of disc brackets for a 1951 Olds. What other years is this good for?
I am working on a disc setup for the early Olds, have the 1953-56 in the bag, need to know the breakdown for the 1940-52 spindles. I know they...
I picked up a axle assembly from a 1951 Chevy full size, as we have one for the 55-64. and wanted to see if one design would be able to work with...
I am working on a setup for the mid-50's Fords. If any Hambers have or can get pix of the suspension, especially the braek hose routing, I would...
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