Front disc brake conversion (63 Ford Country Sedan).

OrthmannJ, if you dont mind me asking. How much did you end up spending?

 

I found this kit on Ebay. Thoughts? Does it look like its missing anything? About $505 with shipping.

Ebay Link.

If I can find ball joints, shocks and bearings for cheaper than at the parts store I my be able to bump up my spending amount for the brakes.

 

$699.00
I was also able to get free shipping.
The kit isn't even going to ship until next Thursday and then it will take a week or so to get here, but I'm not in any hurry so that's fine with me.

 

Thanks for all the info, did you end up going through Summit?

I just looked up what I need via Summit and it came to $786 before tax. Now I just need to decide if I want to go via Ebay or Summit.

 

I would definitely go with the Wilwood brakes. You get later design four piston calipers and at least it tells you what size diameter the rotors are. The ebay kit looks like old one piston calipers and no specific information about anything. I'm not sure how they just know what proportioning valve or master cylinder bore you need with either kit, but at least it looks like people on Summit have had luck combining the two kits. I would go with a Summit adjustable proportioning valve to properly dial the brakes in.

Where to get shocks, ball joints and bearings cheaper than the parts store? RockAuto

 

My pleasure.

I went with a Wilwood kit from CJ Pony Parts.
https://www.cjponyparts.com/wilwood...ith-11-3-4-rotors-f-100-1968-1972/p/DBF262-V/
It was cheaper to order the kit from them then it was to order them directly from Wilwood.

 

A lot of info here: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1964-galaxie-disc-brakes.428758/

 

At last, we're getting somewhere

 

We totally are, everyone here has been a huge help! I have realized by this thread that I need to spend a little extra and go with the wildwood brake kit. In the long run this makes since. But since I am going all out on the brakes I decide I needed to replace all the bushings, coils, shocks & Ball joints while I am at it, and what the hell might as well powder coat the control arms.

Upon my research I found that I have those damn offset bolts on the lower control arm. I found a kit to remove the bad design of the offset bolts so that will put me back another $340. But I hope I wont have to touch any of it for a long time!

 

I know it's tough to make those decisions sometimes, but I'm sure it will end up being money well spent.

 

Got everything for the brakes today. Getting the control arms powder coated this weekend, then next week I'll start the install. CANT WAIT! I'll post some photos when it's all installed.

Thanks everyone for helping me decide the correct route to go!

 

From here, looks like you'll have a problem with the conversion

 

Here is the link to the place where I got my new bolt. The guy sends out shipments on Mondays and Thursdays. Super nice guy! I should be getting my part on Monday or Tuesday.

http://www.bornagainclassics.com/products.html

 

What problem do you see?