Working good enough for a slant with 9” drums. No sense in new shoes or drums since I will be updating to disc soon. Looking for complete Kelsey hayes small pattern or might go 73 up or aftermarket. Undecided
One thing to consider changing to BBP is that it's not just the brakes. You must source wheels and probably tires too. Yeah wheel selection is better with BBP but once you are committed, there's no going back.
I went BBP on my 68 cuda using 73-75 style front discs and shortened C-body axles and 10" X 2-1/2" drums in rear. Basically, B-body brakes on an A-body.
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Ha! I still have 9" front drums and 10" X 1-3/4" on the rear of my 64 Valiant. All SBP. My original brakes had early funky shoe retainer clips that I couldn't find anywhere so I changed to the later coil spring type. I started to have an issue with the rear brakes overheating. Probably caused by the conversion to a 67 dual master cylinder. I changed to an adjustable pushrod and then someone on here was selling rear 10" backing plates for a 7-1/4" reaf end so I bought them and converted.
When I finished the bottom of this car, I added a Wilwood adjustable proportioning valve in the rear lines because EVERYTHING was new. I do not run any other metering or safety switch. With the adjustable valve I am set up for just about any front brake when I go disc in front. V-8 T-bars with a /6 but still too soft so Im going to swap in the .92 bars and 16:1 manual box from the 68. Sounds like I'm gradually moving toward a Formula S Valiant.
