The Stovebolt Site Forums The Parking Lot '60-'66 Trucks Disc Brake Kit - Interesting Vendor Discovery

I spent some time going back and forth deciding where to buy my disc brake kit for my '65 C-10. I had it narrowed down to Classic Performance Products and Chevy Duty. I looked at both ads in the catalogs, listing and price... both were identical except for a slight difference in parts arrangement in the pictures. I got confirmation about my packages (I ordered several items) being shipped yesterday but nothing about a quote for the extra shipping for my brake booster and the disc brake kit. I called Chevy Duty today and as told, "the items are drop shipped from the manufacturer in California". Guess where Classic Peformance Products is located... Anaheim, CA. Coincidence?

Lee

A small world and everybody is trying to make a buck or two

I have been told Langdon Stovebolt Company and Patrick's Antique Cars are fierce competitors. I was ordering some Fenton headers along with a new carb and other items from Langdon. The headers arrived, still in the Patrick's box.

And after ordering a rear suspension kit from TCI, I'm guessing that Chevy Duty and CPP order their kits from them. The kit I received was identical to that shown in the CPP catalog, not the TCI catalog, but that's a totally different story.

Much of Chevy Duty's parts are manufactured by CPP. In fact it was a tech at Chevy Duty that told me that. The prices are pretty much the same, however you get a little faster shipping with CPP.

We got my disk conversion from CPP as well. Be careful with the booster. The holes didn't line up to the old holes on the firewall, when we called they said they should. A little manuvering and it worked. I still need to work out a few bugs with it, but all in all I was very happy. CPP has really fast shipping.

I live in So Cal, and there are numerous suppliers here, CPP, CARS, ABS, OPG, Danchuk, Classic Industries, Truck Shop, etc. CPP doesn't manufacture anything, they buy or assemble kits just like most of the other suppliers. Sometimes you get the correct stuff, sometimes.....not.
The important thing is to get complete instructions and hope they have some technical expertise if you have a problem.
Fred

Most people would be shocked to know how few product "manufacturers” actually manufacture their own products. Instead other companies will manufacture the product to their specifications. That manufacturer will manufacture products for dozens of companies. Then there are those vendors that buy generic products from generic manufacturers who sell that generic product to many vendors. That would be Chevy Duty, Brothers, etc... CPP hires out their manufacturing to be done to their specs by a manufacturer that will not give the specs to other companies. My personal belief is that one probably gets a better product when purchased from a company like this.
I worked for a chemical “manufacturer” located in Chicago back in the late seventies and early eighties who also “manufactured” rattle can paints. You would recognize the name as they have been around since Moses crossed the Red Sea. I was surprised to learn that at that time there were only two companies that canned paint, and they canned paint for almost all the aerosol paint companies. That is the way it goes.
I may be wrong... It happened once before...

In the latest Chevy Duty catalog you can see a remote brake fluid reservoir with the CPP logo on the cap.