drum brakes to disk brakes

[x6SIC6xBATM4N]

i just bought a 1968 Ford Torino and it was all drum brakes. I was wonderin what cars i could use for parts for it, espeacially for disk brakes. Any info would be great in helping me so i could get my car out on the street, but i need disk brakes for that. Thanks

[mark v]

I dont know what cars will fit but I do know you will have to change the Master Cylinder for sure to stop correctly.

[68torino]

I don't remember the year, but I think the Granda front spindal and brake assembly will work. If nothing else, it should use the same kit as you would use for a Mustang.

[68vert]

1970's era Granada spindles work fine, it's a direct bolt on swap just be sure to use the V8 Granada spindles they have bigger rotors and 5 bolt wheel pattern, pretty easy to find.

Also early Lincoln Versailles spindles work with one mod, the lower ball joint hole is bigger than your Torino ball joint. There's a website ran by a guy called 'Mustang Steve' just search the net for him and check out his site, he sells a bushing that lets you use the Versailles spindle with the Torino ball joint, I've got this setup in my '68 and it works fine. And a huge improvement in stopping over the 4 wheel drums I had.

The same guy 'Mustang Steve' sells a bracket that'll bolt onto your drum spindle and allow you to bolt up newer better Mustang Cobra brake calipers & rotors, if I did it again that'd be the way to go, might be a little more money but much better brakes.

If you can find a 68, 69 or 70 Mustang disc brake setup that will work but is going to cost a lot more than the others. Make sure it's from a V8 car, the 6 cylinder cars had smaller tie rods I think.

You might have to get wheel spacers to get the correct tire/wheel offset after you do any of these swaps, no big deal. And definitely a new master cylinder, I used one for a front disc-rear drum brake 1970's Granada since the Lincoln Versailles had 4 wheel discs it'd be different than mine.

there might be other swaps that'll work but I know for sure these will.

[yank with ute]

Ever give thought to the fact that Ford offered disc brakes on the 68-70 Torino/Comet and they bolt directly to your car without any modification? No need to have to remember that your brakes are a mixture of parts from different automobiles, just go in to a parts store and purchase parts for a 68-70 Fairlane/Comet aas built by Ford.

The vehicle in the photo at left is from Australia but uses the same spindles as the US Fairlane. Before I installed US spec parts I couldn't find replacement parts in North America, now I don't worry about not being able to communicate with Joe in Podunk Nowhere if I break down as I use off the shelf US spec parts.

[68vert]

cool car I've only seen the australian version of the fairlane, never the ranchero though.
If only it were that easy, the rotors & calipers aren't the problem, good luck finding original disc brake spindles for early model torino-fairlane-comet-etc. & when you do they're way too much $$$$.

[yank with ute]

Find that hard to believe. I paid $50 for 1969 spindles, rotors, and calipers two years ago at a local junk yard. Maybe Flordia junkyards don't get as many junk cars per day as here in the Midwest?

And no, my car is not the Aussie Fairlane, it's an Aussie Falcon utility. There are more photos on the Ranchero topic list.

[68vert]

junkyards in florida are like the prisons, overcrowded. they've been crushing anything more than 25 years? old around here for a while, not many good cars or parts left left.