'59 T Bird rear brake compatibility

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Hawaii five-0
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'59 T Bird rear brake compatibility

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I recently purchased a '59 T bird rear axle that is missing the brake drums. It seems like an odd size brake as well as axle offset. If I'm not mistaken, the drum is 11 1/32x 2 1/2 inch. Axle offset is around 2-2 1/8 inch. My question is- what other vehicles have backing plates/drums that are compatible with this axle offset? It would be great to find a backing plate that accepted more commonly available brakes/drums. Thanks
Tbird60
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Re: '59 T Bird rear brake compatibility

Post by Tbird60 »

look up 78 bronco , the bolt up pattern is differnt but it has 11.1 x 2 .5 shoe :shock:
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