Replacing front brakes on a 302 1973 mav

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  1. Baconperfume

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    First I will like to thank you guys for all that information and experience that is pour in to these website.:tiphat:

    Not that long ago i bought a "classic" for the cool factor.

    4 months have passed and man oh man, I am hooked, badly hooked.


    my car was a 73 stock mav, the engine and the trans were replaced with a 302 and a C4 from a 1978 granada with a custom cam, i do have power steering.

    I am on a budget.

    that being said, i am trying to install front disk brakes, can somebody guide me trough these process?

    I cant afford 5 to 6 hundred dollars on a kit, so the junk yard has become my favorite hang out.

    i never worked on a car before, needless to say all the mods i have done to the mav have come out straight out of here.

    i have become very familiarized with my car and have a mechanic that i pay by the day so he can watch me do the stuff and correct me.

    What i need to know is:

    from what car i can get spindle?, remember i dont have a lot of room to spare.

    If not able to get the 10" disc from a mav, is there a replacement?

    btw i live in Tijuana mx paradise of the junk yards, but not a single grabber hood in sight.
     
  2. Crazy Larry

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    Get spindles from a Granada, or a late model Maverick or Comet.

    The rotors are 11-inch.

    Get everything; calipers, spindles, rotors, master cylinder, and front brake lines.
     
  3. Baconperfume

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    what about mustangs?

    the guy that is going to help me has o ton of part of 70's mustangs do you think i can use those?
     

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