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I’m not dismissing your comments here but fade is one thing, pulling left or right is another. Like many of you I’m sure, I’m old enough to have driven drum brake cars as daily drivers for years. Other than maybe 3 or 4 instances where I noted brake fade due
to heat, I don’t remember ever feeling like brakes were lacking on any of my cars. Towing boats through mountain passes, sitting in traffic, or drag racing my B-bodies, you name it, I never questioned the drums.
My ‘65 300 has the factory single pot master without power assist. I will upgrade and add a booster but don’t see the point of converting to disc brakes. I just have to realize it’s not my modern BMW.
Ryan Hill
On Feb 5, 2026, at 12:10 PM, Mark O <354hemi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'll also add my 2 cents. I drove my J (factory brakes) from north of Chicago to a concours in South Bend a few years back. It was a Friday afternoon and the traffic was really bad with stop and go traffic much of the way. A drive that should have been completed
in under 2 hours turned into a 4.5 hour affair. Temps were in the mid 80s. While the drum brakes worked well when cool, they were a handful in the nonstop stop and go traffic and I did not know which way the car would pull when I hit the brakes. When I
had enough road to get up to speed for a minute or two, the brakes cooled down and started behaving normally again. This is just a real life experience. My J still has drum brakes.
Mark O
Hi Mike,
I'll add my 2 cents to this discussion by saying 'It Depends' on where you'll be concentrating most of your G's cruising. If you're mostly in the mountainous topography of the eastern or western U.S. then your thoughts of converting to discs are reasonable.
For me, living in the flatlands of metro Chicago, I've driven my factory drum brakes equipped F over 90,000 miles since 2009, and this brake setup has served me well. Have never bumped or slid into anything, rain or shine. That said, those of us running drums
are well-served using our pushbuttons to downshift into Second and/or First when driving down curvy steep mountain grades. We need to anticipate and drive our classics as they would have been driven 60+ years ago and not like our modern cars with their brakes
that never fade.
Noel Hastalis
Burr Ridge, IL
Awaiting your Asheville Meet Registration Forms!!!
I never understood the desire to convert. Jay Leno seems to be a big fan of this. I always felt you drive the car for the car it is. And if the drum brakes are adjusted properly they have always worked fine for me. Semi trucks have drum brakes. What is the
big deal? I would prefer completely original car with original brakes and just drive it for the car it is, but everything is opinion and preference.
On 02/05/2026 2:16 PM, John Grady wrote:
agree, jkg
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