[WilberzWagon]

I have a 1956 Pontiac 2 door wagon that I would like to put disc brakes on. I have read a little bit about Scarebirds brakets and conversion but haven't really heard about the results of the conversion. My question is can anyone tell me about this setup or tell me how well it works or how hard it is to do. Thanks Tim

[Bill Eveland]

I believe it comes with bearing adapters and caliper brackets, no machining required. An added bones also getting rid of the old ball bearings for tapered as well . I bought one of his kits when I put the 58 ball joint suspension on the 55 and it was a nice kit. You'll have to get some adapters to go from the factory 1/4" lines to 3/16 for the newer style brake hoses.

[WilberzWagon]

I guess my biggest concern is what to do for a master cylinder, I know I can get under the floor style but isn't there different bore sizes for different brakes or is that not that big a deal.

[Bill Eveland]

If manual brakes now he was selling a bracket kit to mount a remote reservoir mc. Yes bore size is important.

[buds56]

I put the Scarebird kit on my 56 and it worked well,
bearings, spacers, bracket all were perfect.
I used a manual master cylinder for a 73 chevy truck 1/2 ton, 2 residual valves and an adj. proportioning valve on the line to the rear brakes.
I made a bracket to mount the cylinder in the stock location.
I'm not scared to drive the car in traffic now, stops well.
Bud

[KoolKat57]

Originally Posted by buds56

I put the Scarebird kit on my 56 and it worked well,
bearings, spacers, bracket all were perfect.
I used a manual master cylinder for a 73 chevy truck 1/2 ton, 2 residual valves and an adj. proportioning valve on the line to the rear brakes.
I made a bracket to mount the cylinder in the stock location.
I'm not scared to drive the car in traffic now, stops well.
Bud

I have the same kit for my '57 but have been hesitant to install it due to the master cylinder. Since my car is a stick shift on the column there is precious little space in the area of the master cylinder.
Do you have any pictures of your installation that you could share with us?

Thanks KK

[buds56]

Here is the only pics I have as I was doing it,

I took a piece of angle iron, welded the end for the appearance of a T so it could take the force of pushing against the cylinder and receive the holes to mount the truck cylinder.
Its a bit crude looking and over engineered, but it works.

Ignore the bracket I made for the pedal in the one pic, it didn't work, as it changed the pedal ratio and increased the effort too much to stop the car.

There's some pics of a nice neat install on http://www.pontiacsafari.com/ of a power brake installation on a 57 wagon in the Pontiac garage section.

[KoolKat57]

Originally Posted by buds56

Here is the only pics I have as I was doing it,

I took a piece of angle iron, welded the end for the appearance of a T so it could take the force of pushing against the cylinder and receive the holes to mount the truck cylinder.
Its a bit crude looking and over engineered, but it works.

Ignore the bracket I made for the pedal in the one pic, it didn't work, as it changed the pedal ratio and increased the effort too much to stop the car.

There's some pics of a nice neat install on http://www.pontiacsafari.com/ of a power brake installation on a 57 wagon in the Pontiac garage section.

Thanks Bud! Very much appreciated!
KK