72 Duster Resurrection

66Dvert said
I was broke (still am and most likely will always be due to my hobby)
cheapest way is rebuild the drum brakes (but go to dual master for safety)

money wise, it's a tossup between 73-up and a conversion anymore.

next cheapest way is to piece it together for the disc brake upgrade. I did the scarebird brackets using the original 9" spindle and hub from the drums and had the autoparts get the rest piece by piece as money came in.
Yes ,you can stay small bolt pattern wheels if you get the rotors drilled at a machine shop (or use the supplied paper pattern, make copies for future use if you want to) my cost was 25.00 for both. that was using scarebirds brackets and auto store parts only, not their kit. my cost was easier to bear since it was piece by piece.

most of the other kits I have seen or used have a center register that can be a problem using you old wheels, there is supposed to be one kit that's a copy of the 73-up parts and a bolt on but I have not used it or seen it work on early A's yet.

here is my setup. yeah I had the hub drilled so that I could go large bolt pattern also but I rolled the car around on the small bolt pattern studs for a long time before re-drilling the front hubs to LBP.
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Good looking kit. If you want to stay small bolt pattern, thats definitely the inexpensive way to go. If your wanting to eventually put some nice looking aftermarket wheels on it small bolt pattern is not the way to go as your choices are limited for the small bolt pattern. BTW DOT required dual chambered master cylinders, and a low brake pressure warning light to be standard equipment by 1967. Since his is a 72 he is pretty much set in that area.

I am looking at a complete running 1986 M body fifth ave parts car for $200. This is probably the best parts car deal next to buying a V8 A body parts car that you can buy if redoing an A body. It has a 318 V8, and an A999 variant of the A904 with a lock up converter. The M body radiator is a bolt in on 67-72 radiator supports, along with the fan and shroud. The disc brakes are a bolt in. It has an aluminum oil filter adaptor, the power steering box refits all the way back to 1967. 3 speed wiper motor fits A body And theres so much more you can mine out of one of these before parting out the remainder that you dont need on evilbay to make back some of your money spent to buy it, and scrapping whats left. I think M body spindles and discs also fit early A body.