No matter what, I think it will take some minor cutting and welding. I think the ford explorer stuff mates up pretty well and is readily available. Tom (b569rr) used that setup on his build with a dana and if I remember right the only small snag was with the parking brake cable. Check out his gallery pics. Or you could find a whole lincoln vesailles rear end and then build the center section.
www.tallzag.com uses off the shelf disc brake stuff using only one trick part their main bracket. Everything else hangs off of it and is available locally from Pepboys or similar stores. The set up even allows the use of the OEM bearings and doesn't force you to use the imbattled "Green" bearings and their issues.
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Check out mpbrakes.com - they have a setup that uses '70s Trans-Am rear calipers. The caliper has a ratcheting mechanism that doubles as the e-brake. No in-rotor drum brake required. I think the only custom part is the bracket that holds the caliper in place
hell all you need to do is come up with a template for a bracket and have it either plasma cut out or water jet. I have a buddy in town who owns a CAD machine thats hooked up to a plasma cutter(he owns a steel business) another guy in town owns a water jet. It probably sounds harder than it really is to pull off. If there is enough guys that wanna do this, maybe we can all decide on a common rear disk package , say Explorer...and then I can get the brackets cut! its an idea. Unless of course you only need to make minor adjustments to an existing bracket, and then its worth the tech section I'm sure. Any inputs?
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