Disc brake decision DONE..finally

I'll second that. Which would you prefer? A car that can actually stop, possibly saving yours or someone else's life, or having the most period-correct car at the collision?

Sure, its nice to stay with Mopar when possible, but in this day and age of maintaining 40yo+ cars the purist perspective just isn't feasible unless we're talking about museum examples.

Even though I'm looking into yet another brake do-over, the Scarebird kit on my car is a huge improvement over the ridiculous stock 9" drums. I ended up using carbon metallic pads on mine.

Here's a little tip: avoid using some expensive "race" pads. They have a tendency to expand when they get hot and tend to clamp a bit on the rotors. This created a real issue with drag. I had a problem with this and finally just went with some good-quality Napa carbon metallic pads and the problem disappeared.