" From: farna@xxxxxxx " " " Mark is going to send me a set to physically eye-ball, and of " course I'll be writing a review. Might even put them on my car. " If not I do have a suspension mock-up to work with, and a couple " parts cars for test fitting. I've already told him these should " fit Nash/AMC cars back to 52 with drum brakes. It should fit disc " brake cars if a 1/8" spacer (I suggested two 1/16") is added, i'm not sure any additional spacer is -necessary-. " with the exception of 75-78 cars that used the Big Bendix brakes " (75-78 Matador, 75-76 All). for these what i'd like to see is if the big mopar rotor which uses the same bearings [early/mid '70s - early '80s big car, small truck] would fit this spindle properly. then a new caliper bracket such as these guys make... [the mopar rotor is ~1" larger than the amc] the '77-8 small bendix setup used the same calipers as '79-'81 but the big bendix spindle with a thinner rotor. these could easily be swapped to the '79-'83 spindle/rotor; afaik that's what amc did in '79. " I'm not sure about the Bendix four piston and K-H spindles. i wouldn't be surprised if they're close enough to the drum spindles to work. was that '69 reb a drum car or disk? the disks would've been 4-piston. " The track is increased by the thickness of the bracket -- just as " it is with a stock AMC bracket. The drum brake spindle flange is " thicker than a disc brake spindle flange. i don't think this is universally true. drum brake spindle flanges were made thicker in the early '70s to match the thickness of the disk spindles with caliper brackets. i have such a set on my '68 american, and while 6" rims needed a thin spacer - 5/16" - to clear with the stock spindles, they now have acres of clearance without spacers. i think i could run 6.5" or 7" rims up front now. the 1/4" plates in this kit with stock spindles would -maybe- have 205/70s on 6x14 rims just touching, on '64-9 americans, but i think you'd be good to go. i ran them with my 5/16" and they cleared. " The disc flange is " thinner to partially make up for the 3/8" thick cast caliper " bracket. I believe the track is increased at least 1/2" (total) " with the stock setup also. closer to 1", though maybe not quite that much. what's the difference in front track between the hornet and american? imho it's all spindle and/or caliper brackets. ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list