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You didnt have to go to 4.75 inches to put on rear disc brakes. You can install a 5 inch kit
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You are right. But it was done by the previous owner. And long enough back in time that the kits available now were not available. His solution was to put C3 Corvette brakes on by using the Corvette front spindles/caliper/rotor assemblies. That made the change to 5x4.75 and forced a change to 15 inch wheels. At that point it was easiest to redrill the axles. I had to make changes to his approach to keep the calipers from interfering with the front sway bar and get the parking brakes (also C3) to work. But in the end I have very good brakes using parts that will likely always have replacement parts available