Thread: 1959 edsel ranger

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a buddy of mine has a 1959 edsel ranger ,stop laughing!
he mentioned that its a real bear to bring to a stop with the
origional front drum brakes!
does anybody out there know of any newer fords that one
could steal the disk brake setup from! that is without reworking the entire front end!
he tells me the merc s from that year also had the same type
drum brakes.

basicly what would be needed to convert this sled over to disk brakes!

I remember when '59 Fords came out, I was 17 at the time and they had one hell of a time keeping brakes on them. Recall, recall, recall. The brakes weren't big enough for a mid-size car, much less a full-size car, so they would glaze over and fade from heat. I wish there was a pool of information for folks like you to be able to say, yeah, you use the spindles from a xxx and the rotors from a xx and the calipers from a xxxx, but as far as I know, there is no such list of stock pieces for these old cars.

There are several aftermarket companies making a good living from supplying disc brakes for them, though. Master Power Brakes http://www.mpbrakes.com , ECI http://www.ecihotrodbrakes.com/ and SSBC come to mind http://www.stainlesssteelbrakes.com/

Have seen where early Torino disc brake spindles will fit '57-up Ford front ends.

I think the 77-9 thunderbird,cougar and LTD II will work. I also think the 69 to 72 galaxies will work too and they are a little bigger then the others. Jeff