Well I just received my disc brake conversion kit from Classic Ind. yesterday and was nervous because the box was all torn up and opened and re-taped by a toddler. I opened the box this morning and was shocked to see that all the parts were in fact, in there. So at noon time I took the car out of the garage and jacked it up and put it on jack stands. I then proceeded to remove the whole drum assembly from the drivers side first. I remember seeing a post or article about early A-body conversions, so I went in and got my computer and set it up in the garage to read through the article. It was a great article, lots of tips and stuff about using this same kit, which is a great kit. It appears that ABSpowerBrake must have read the article as well, because most of the tips involved grinding down small areas of the spindles and calipers for clearance issues, and the kit that I received already had those places ground down. So I worked on getting the drivers side done and it took me approximately 2.5 hours with all the reading and a very small amount of grinding. Then I moved all my tools over to the passenger side and started there. I was ready for brake bleeding in about 1 hour after I moved to that side. I am very pleased with the kit, because I did not have to change spindles, upper control arms, or anything else that most other kits would need. It is a true bolt-on kit using my original 9" drum spindles and my 14" Cragar SS wheels still fit with plenty of clearance. My only regret is that I did not document the job with pictures. Just thought I would give a shout out to ABSPowerBrakes and Classic Ind. for such a hassle free kit well worth every penny that I paid.
