First ..Merry Christmas to all ! I purchased a Versailles rear and will also get the discbrakeswap.com kit for the front. Will I need to change porportioning valve? If so what would be the proper one ? This will be a non-power set up. Many thanks!
Go with parts that are easy to find i am running 72 mustang spindles, rotors, calipers, and proportioning valve and i have a 75 maverick master cylinder. Everything works great and parts are cheap so check them out.
I have granada stuff on the front and versailles on the rear and i use a markVII lincoln proportioning valve.
Is the front disc conversion kit a direct match to the Versaillies bolt pattern? I was looking around for the same set up for my '70 but not sure about stud pattern dimensions.
According to This Site "The Lincoln Versailles (Lincoln's Granada) uses the same parts as the Granada EXCEPT for the spindle. A Versailles spindle has larger holes for the ball joints, and won't work in this swap!!"
The May 2003 issue of Hotrod or Car Craft has a full story on the swap to a Falcon. Same parts etc. Lots of pictures and directions. Did my Ranchero from that story
I have the Lincoln Versailles discs on the front of my Comet. You need an adaptor sleeve to fit the tie rod ends. If someone needs to know where to purchase, drop me a PM. I'd have to search but sure I could find the source. They were about $30 each so be sure to thake that into account when comparing prices to Granada spindles which fit without the sleeves.
Yes that is the place. Had to buy a set to fit the Versailles to the Comet then another set to fit the Comet's to my wife's 66 Mustang convertible.
http://www.wilwoodoutlet.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=391 this is from the wilwood website and when you select maverick the 1970-1973 mustang kit comes up.
The parts catalog shows different part numbers each year for the Mustang (68-73)except 71-72 share the same number. 75-77 Maverick and Granada share the same number, 74 shows a different number than the rest of the Mavericks. I guess it's possible since the 75 Mustang was smaller than the earlier Mustangs Ford could had used the same part with a different number. I know Ford wouldn't go through this trouble in the Engine or Trim Department in the late 60's. They still used '57 part numbers on '79 Trucks.
