hello guys and gals i recently purchased the truck the i have had my eye on since i was 17 . the old man told me that if he ever sold it he would be sure to tell me and lucky me he kept his word we made the deal and i drug it home and disassembled it. i just sandblasted and repainted my frame black. i took my engine to the machine shop being freshened up.im gonna put a 88 5.0 roller from a grand marquis.it will be stock except for maybe a 303 cam for sound.this is a budget build .my questions are can i adapt disc brakes to the front without buying one of these 800 dollar kits.and second i plan to run the aod trans from the grand marquis since it has about 500 miles on it since it was installed . will the aod trans and the stock rear in the truck butt heads or will they be ok im not sure what gears are in the truck.im wanting to put the brakes and lines in now but im not sure which is the best way to go and cheapest on my wallet.any info would be appericated and also i want to put out there that i want to sell the 292 y block that came with the truck it is fresh and bored 30 over have eldelbrock intake that takes 3 two's and i have the three carbs, the stock intake with a rebuilt ford carb on it. have trans, bellhousing ,clutch kit and many other things to go with it,, sorry for talking so much,,, let me know guys thanks....

 

You will have to change the rear gearing or whole rear as it will be geared to low for the Auto trans.

 

With the AOD's OD gear, on the highway it will be geared all right. If your rear axle ratio is 3.73 (I think that was standard) and the AOD has a 0.80:1 OD ratio, that puts you just under 3.00:1, which is a good match. But in 1st and 2nd, it will be pretty short-geared. Lots of folks running AOD's, tho.

Where in KY are you? There may be several FTE members close by.

 

located in south east ky is there any way of adapting disc front brakes from some other car of truck?thanks

 

Not without changing the front suspension....

 

A local guy here in SoCal recently had a complete frontend off a 53 for sale incuding the disc brakes for $300. You may find one in your area if you watch Craigslist and other sites.

 

Where at in south east ky? I live near Whitesburg. Welcome. There's a few of us on here.

 

BobbyTNM on here adapted discs to his with stock suspension, and they also sell kits.

 

The 3 deuce Y block would be a cool engine to have, and would be a unique choice over the sbf, unless you really have your herat set on it.

Re: your brakes. To make disc brakes work with the original front end, you have to buy at the very least the caliper brackets and wheel bearing adapters. They're hard to find separately, and there's no combination that's known to work that will fit rotors to the stock spindle with out the adapters. So even if you do find the brackets and adapters alone, you still need to procure rotors, calipers, pads, bearings, hoses, hardware, and all of the other goodies to make everything work that comes in the kit. Plus, you now get to include your time of chasing everything down and hoping it all works together. You'll likely spend the same or more in the long run. That's the beauty of the kits available today. Sure, it sounds like a whole bunch of money upfront, but after you think about it and add up all the little pieces, they can be a bargain. For about $650, you can have all the axle stuff I just mentioned, plus the matching master cylinder, power booster, and proportioning valve, all brand new, ready to bolt in and go.

 

yea it does make sense . i did find a kit from speedway everything needed to adapt dics brakes to a 53 for 286 shipped thats pretty awsome im going to order that kit in a few days .

 

well hello neighbor small world i guess im on cumberland river just across the mountain from u in partridge do u know anyone that would be interested in the y block i have .

 

yea great come on over anytime my truck is in buckets and bags and here and there but im making progress on it.i have a 53 dodge pickup and a 50 chevy pickup as well.