1962 Imperial Disk Brake Conversion?
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1962 Imperial Disk Brake Conversion?



 Fellow Imperial Fans Help:
   After putting on 200+ miles on a near complete Brake Rebuild, that included  "New-NOS" Shoes Up front, 5 of the 6 wheel cylinder replaced & 1 Rebuilt, Turned front drums, Cleaned rear ones,  Dual Master Cyl. 1 1/8 Bore Size,  Many Brake Bleedings, 1/2 of the brake lines replaced, Wilwood 10 psi check on both half's, I Have Come to the Conclusion that the Bendix Total Contact Brake System should be called the "Pedal of Doom System."  Somehow they Just Don't Inspire much confidence with a Soft Pedal & a Lot of Pedal Travel.   Has anyone found a Disk Brake Conversion Kit or A Home Brewed way of putting Disk Brakes on the Front of a 62 Imp. I'm a 50+ year old tool & diemaker at a DaimlerChrysler  Engine Plant, so I've done 97% of my own car/truck repairs from my high school days. I've found Kits for 62 Chrysler, but I don't have to tell anyone here that they are Different on the Imp's.  If needed I can make adapters myself or bore out housing's for bigger wheel bearings. It's a White 62 Custom with 55k miles & spent the first 24 years of it's life taking a little old lady from Toledo, Ohio to Church on Sunday & spent the rest of week in a heated Garage - No Kidding.
 
 Help.    Dave Van Buren
 
PS:The Info on the website was GREAT.  I replaced all 4 shocks & put all new front end parts (after looking on E-Bay for months),  235-75 15 Radials Kelly Tires All Around &
It Now Handles 10 Times Better!       Thanks!! 
 
 
               


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