Originally posted by Nifty 50:
As to the 5 to 6 lug problem, I grew up hearing that '53 car front drums will fit right on the truck spindles. Never tried it, so don't know if it is true. If so, it would be a cheap and easy way to avoid hauling two spares.
Steve O
I don't recall the exact years, but the pre-55 front drums can easily be swapped to the front of a truck at least starting in '41 and through maybe '59.
I put '51 car drums on a '41 pickup once. It took a combination of the car and pickup bearings, and some modifications to get the backing plates to fit. Wasn't a big deal.
Its about the same work to put a disk conversion kit on instead. And the disk brake parts are a lot easier to find these days too. But if you do the disk conversion you really need to convert to dual master and replumb the brakes at the same time.
