rambler disc conversion

[knuckledragger]

I need help finding a disc conversion for my 67 rambler american.Any ideas would be appreciated.

[super74]

Front or rear disc or both? What kind of rear axle is in those things?
Didn't AMC use parts from gm,ford,chrysler? I really dont know alot about your car,but any detailed info could help.

[pdq67]

Knuckledragger,

Please feel free to use me as a reference here b/c these guys sure helped me with my "pdqCBB" set-up, front and rear!

Here are the names of the two guys that helped me by making more professional caliper brackets for copies of my templates.

I figure that they can make whatever you want if you can come up with templates. You will probably have to re-drill everything one way or the other OR use either Ford or MOPAR parts instead of GM like I did b/c of my Camaro being GM is all.


For my '67 SS/RS Camaro!!

Brian, below made my fronts. They fit the big, single piston calipers to 1988 ‘Vette 13” front rotors to either forged spindle using either drum hubs, two-piece hubs w/o rotors or one-piece cast rotor hubs with the rotor machined off. If you use 1969 calipers, you will need to remove about .050” from each pads wear surface and if you use the ¼” wider jaw, Van calipers, you will need to add a spacer behind the pad on the piston side. I just riveted on an old pad backing plate for mine.

Brian Lumley
2240 Cypress Point Drive West
Clearwater, FL 33763

And David, (Doug10) on the ebay motors made the rears. They fit 1980 Cad. Seville e-brake calipers to 1989, 11.75” Camaro rear rotors on 10 and 12 bolt rearends.

Same thing here with the inner pads as far as shimming goes!

David Levesque
Steel Tech Solutions Inc
PO Box 1101
Marion IL 62959

The shimming accounts for the rotors being thinner than the stock applications is all in the case of the Van and Cad. Calipers and the 1969 big single piston Camaro caliper jaw is narrower than the ‘Vette’s rotor so stock has to be removed.

Good luck with your project.

Paul, (aka, pdq67)

PS., I still have my first crude, hand carved front pair on the shelf as well as my unfinished, modified Seville rear brackets.

[pdq67]

Oh, and btw, you probably have a Ford/MOPAR/AMC4.5" bolt circle..

But check it b/c it's been years since I looked close at all this stuff...........

pdq67

[knuckledragger]

Thanks for the info.This is my first amc and I am still finding my way.I was hoping to find discs from another model I could "bolt" on.its looking as if I will have to fab what I want.I am going to use a 94-98 grand cherokee dana 44 disc brake rear diff so thats the easy part.Any advice is appreciated.Thanks,Dan

[RAMKAT2]

If you look at some of the full and mid size RWD amc models of the mid-to-late 70's/early 80's, the front spindle actually bolted on with 4 bolts. You might still be able to find a full size amc (ambassador or ?) that you can use to get the parts from and just bolt a disc brake setup onto your existing spindles. Back in the days before all the pinto/mustang 2 front end swaps, the street rod guys used this idea, machining their existing spindle off, and fabricating a flange to bolt the amc spindle and rotor onto.
This isn't necessarily the only option, just one you might not have thought of. The Ambassador was also used as a police car, so H.D. brakes may have been an option. As light as the american is, it shouldn't take a huge set of brakes to stop it. Tires will be more of a limiting factor than the disc size, unless you are planning on opening up the inner fenderwells for some wider rubber.
I had a red-on-red 64' american 2 door hardtop years ago. Was gonna drop in a 350/powerglide combo and go drag racing, but I never got it finished. It is long gone now.
Good luck with the 67', Randy