Just seen this Found this link to an outfit in Texas that might have a sane, affordable and originality-preserving approach to upgrading our Imperial brakes. http://www.praisedynobrake.com/ Has anyone tried this out? Steve I checked it out and it looks like they go to the fiftys don't know how far. Might be just the ticket. RC --- William Herbert <Willbarc@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I just looked it up. They have a website. White Post > Restorations. www.whitepost.com > > Read my previous post so you won't be lost. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: AMX4080@xxxxxxx > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 2:49 PM > To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: IML: Help with converting from Budd > calipers? > > Hello, > I just signed up for the mailing list this > weekend, and can already see it is very active. > Looks like this is the place I can get some advice > on a problem I have been working on for a while now. > While not an Imperial, the problem I am having is > with my 1967 Chrysler Newport Town & Country station > wagon, which shares the Budd disk brakes with (I'm > pretty sure) Imperials and was also an option on > 300's. > I am on my second set of calipers, and they have > again started to leak. When they work, they work > super. But now with the leaking again, the wagon > has no brakes. I've seen postings regarding these > calipers which state that they work fine if use > often. Problem is that this vehicle is occasional > use, which means it will sit at least a week between > uses sometimes. The pad are getting harder to find, > and I'd like to investigate swapping this system > with parts from a later model. > My question is: Has anyone performed this > conversion? What parts do I need? Will some later > Chrysler calipers bolt on or is it more involved so > I should be prepared to swap spindles, lower control > arms, etc.? > A parts list would be wonderful so I may begin > collecting the pieces. Any advice on things that > will be a problem would be very much appriciated. > If this posting is innapropriate for the list or > has been discussed and posted on line already please > let me know. Thanks in advance. > --G > '64 Imperial > '67 Chrysler Newport Town & Country > '67 AMC Marlin > '68 Chrysler New Yorker > '68 Plymouth Barracuda > '68 AMC AMX > '91 Jeep Wrangler Renegade > '98 Jeep Grand Cherokee > > >