Bought Firestone D-70-14 bias-ply wide oval. They are out there.
Check your DOT code your might be really old, so old they might not have a DOT code.
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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Check your DOT code your might be really old, so old they might not have a DOT code.
Formula S package, disc front and drum rear.
LOL Might be old? From 1980!!!
Most fun tires I've used were bias plies. Hoosier Street TDs
They'd hang in there way past their point of maximum traction.
Hard to drive them to their max potential.
And I would never use them on public highways.
I think it comes down to the specific tire.
From what I read they were offered back in 56. Looked and all I saw was drum for the 67 383 vert.
Now with 67 Barracuda the 383 got disc front and drum rear.
I'd guess your 383 is also like that.
Seems it was a very rare option in b bodies in '66
Sure doesn't look like it.
The 1970 Hamtramck Registry - 1966 Plymouth Dealership Data Book - Belvedere
but you got 11x3 front drums with Hemi, and no self adjusters. LOL.
Fridged!!!
Depending who you don’t want to believe... Our ‘feels like’ is somewhere between 106 and 129. Probably not going to snow today.
only seeing it as an option for Valiant/ Barracuda.
The 1970 Hamtramck Registry - 1966 Plymouth Salesman's Pocket Guide
The 1970 Hamtramck Registry - 1966 Accessories Catalog (Page 1)
You'll be fine. Just will have to shell out for some good shoes. Porterfield and Rochester will reline and arc them. And there's a couple guys selling older stock and even factory shoes.
The 1970 Hamtramck Registry - 1966 Plymouth Salesman's Pocket Guide
The 1970 Hamtramck Registry - 1966 Accessories Catalog (Page 1)
You'll be fine. Just will have to shell out for some good shoes. Porterfield and Rochester will reline and arc them. And there's a couple guys selling older stock and even factory shoes.
Have 2 NOS front drums, got them in Carlisle. Just need good shoes. LONNNG way till I need to worry about brakes!!
Granted its not really the same, but its always fun to watch how long Ken's Corvair stays competitive with drums on all four.
Yes its a light car with race linings, but then realize the guy chasing him with the dash cam is in a much newer BMW.
2011 Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix - Sunday Morning (1 of 2) - YouTube
Yes its a light car with race linings, but then realize the guy chasing him with the dash cam is in a much newer BMW.
2011 Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix - Sunday Morning (1 of 2) - YouTube
That's awsome! You'll have to see how it is on the long downhills out of the mountains. You probably downshift anyway out of habit..
Best watched with the volume turned up.
and don't give up on the 'vair when he gets passed at 2:30 ;)
Do you know if anyone drilled a set of drums to help dissipate the off gassing? Seems like it would work....Best watched with the volume turned up.
and don't give up on the 'vair when he gets passed at 2:30 ;)
I restored a 68 Road Runner that had factory Bendix 4 piston disc brakes. Car had many options, as it was an ordered car. Still have a set Bendix brand pads for that, for sale, in Carlisle. Nobody knows what they are, apparently
I have heard of that, but never tried it
Had a 69 Super Bee A12 car like that. Had 11x3.. Still didn't want to stop.......Lol
That was cool!
Fred Puhn writes about doing that for racing in his Brake Handbook.
Be interesting to find out if that was done by Petty or earlier stock car racers before disks became available.
Now a days about the only folks racing with drums on the front have cars like the Corvair in vintage racing, or long lived SCCA classes like Formula V. Those are probably the folks who would know the most about pushing drums to the limits.
Been so busy moving. I think I wore out the Latino Guys.
14 steps down from the house upstairs, and 18 steps up to the garage apartment
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