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I have a 65 SS impala ...anyone have imput on where I can get coversion kit to go with disc brakes on all fours?

stolen from another forum.....

Don't need a kit. Just get the spindles complete with rotors and calipers, the metering valve , and brake lines from the master cylinder from a 68-70 full sized Chevrolet in your local junk yard and bolt them on. You should get a new master cylinder and a set of "Loaded Calipers" are pretty cheap. This works for all full sized Chevrolets from 1965 to 1970. I have a set on my 65 and it stops great. All the aftermarket stuff I have seen used the small rotors from a Chevelle. You will have to use 15" front wheels with the factory stuff.

thanks for the info....did those years have rear disc brakes?
Need them also...

"did those years have rear disc brakes?"

No

thats why I was orinally looking for a disc brake conversion because I want 4 wheel disc brakes...lol

I am not looking to keep the 65 original...streetrod is what I intend to end up with...body stay orig in appearance but chasis and suspension up to date...

i'm not a chevy man, but spent 15 years as a Ford engineer but when i worked there i drove a 48 willys with a buick nailhead, Check later model Gm stuff for conversion camero firebird police cars etc. I have a couple of milk crates with fwd cad seville or eldorado rear disc brakes set ups, they looked easy to try to put on \a camero rear i have in the shop Ps I hav a chevy powered jeep, T bucket with a buic v6 and one with a 350m sbc in the barn, most other stuff is ford powered

thanks for the imput timothale...