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Have you pulled the drums off? Checked for play in the wheel hubs, or inspected the bearings? If all else seems well, it could be a hub or brake problem. Sometimes a spring may stretch or break causing a shoe to drag or shudder. It doesn't always have a noticable effect on braking right away...

All good points to consider. What I am sure of is, before I do any performance upgrades, my first step is to get better stopping power. The single pot in general just makes me a bit nervous. Everything is working properly, I just want to protect my invesment, and of course, my safety. Which is...

I'm now debating which route I want to take. Looking into a later model spindle swap. Some confusion about upper/lower control arms. Which need to be swapped? Ball joints....etc. Plus finding spindles. Scarebird definitely does seem to be the "Easy" choice. But, I agree that the welded on nut is...

Yep, 9" drums. :-( I wonder if the scarebird kit will fit 14" Cragar SS's? That is without massive caliper grinding.

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Looking further into it, wheel fitment is a big concern. Mainly, I want to keep my stock 13"s until some decade later when if I decide to swap in a V8 or juice up the /6. I'm not anal about "original" it just won't look right to me having a bone-stock Dart with original drivetrain all jacked up...

I've been examining different options on drum to disk conversions. I did a Scarebird conversion on an old Buick I had, primarily because there was nothing else out there. It worked out well but, all I really got were brackets, a parts list and instructions. From a cost perspective, after all of...