drum to disc on '63 Olds Super 88
January 11th, 2023, 08:31 AM
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drum to disc on '63 Olds Super 88
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New owner of a beautiful 4 door '63 Olds Super 88. I bought this car with air ride and 20s already on it. I'm in the process of cleaning up the previous owners mistakes and ugliness. I am curious if anyone has ever done a drum to disc conversion on these kind of cars? Thanks in advance.
New owner of a beautiful 4 door '63 Olds Super 88. I bought this car with air ride and 20s already on it. I'm in the process of cleaning up the previous owners mistakes and ugliness. I am curious if anyone has ever done a drum to disc conversion on these kind of cars? Thanks in advance.
January 11th, 2023, 10:10 AM
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Not sure what's available for the fronts now, at one time you had to send in a set of spindles for machining to adapt discs to them.
Scarebird has had a disc kit available for the 57-64 Olds and Pontiac rear axles for many years.
Scarebird has had a disc kit available for the 57-64 Olds and Pontiac rear axles for many years.
January 12th, 2023, 06:15 AM
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Contact Charlie Jones. Charlie has a build thread in the "Major Builds and Projects" section of this site and has the info you are looking for!
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Next the brake discs and calipers were installed in front . Discs were checked for run-out ;
Scarebird brackets and hubs , '72 Cutlass calipers , and '76 Ford T-Bird rear rotors .
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Next the brake discs and calipers were installed in front . Discs were checked for run-out ;
Scarebird brackets and hubs , '72 Cutlass calipers , and '76 Ford T-Bird rear rotors .
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January 13th, 2023, 07:17 AM
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Scarebird is going out of business, and doesn't list a kit for 63 thru 68 Olds anymore.
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