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Hi guy's, my name is Frank and I live in central ont. I get my dream car it is my second one the first was a 68 post car and the second one coming monday is a numbers matching 68 sd 396 turbo 400 with a twelve bolt . what i was wondering is did any beaumonts have front disk brakes and if they did should i change mine to disc or leave it factory ,thank you for any responses in advance .

 



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Hi Frank and welcome to Canadian Poncho.

Yes, disc brakes were an option on a 68 SD 396. What are you plans for the car? If it's all original you may want to leave it that way in the interest of keeping the value up as a "correct" car. However, many companies sell a nice disc brake conversion for that car. It would have had a 4 piston caliper disc brake setup on it from the factory if it was ordered with disc and the conversion kits will be a single piston caliper.

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YES go disc brakes a very good up grade go single piston disc brakes the kits are getting cheaper


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If you plan on driving the car regularly I would convert it to disc brakes. Keep all the original parts if at some point someone wants to keep it original. I am a retired mechanic and on more than one occasion I have been asked to road test an older restored car. While driving the question comes up what do you think of the brakes, the car doesnt stop very well. The last one was a 1969 Dodge Polara with drum brakes, my response was welcome to 1969.
You cant expect your SD to stop like a modern car but disc brakes are a major improvement.

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thank you for your advice i just may do that !! any other advice on color it is a butternut yellow car but was thinking to paint it black or dark blue.

 



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thank you ,will do

 



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citywide wrote:

thank you for your advice i just may do that !! any other advice on color it is a butternut yellow car but was thinking to paint it black or dark blue.

 

 Oh boy, I'd leave it yellow, they look great in Butternut with black stripes.



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can you buy the origonal calipers and rotors 

 



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thank you i am told to keep it origional color a lot i am going to do that.

 



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can you buy the origonal calipers and rotors 

 

 Honestly, you don't want them! They are expensive because the purists drive the prices up, and they really are troublesome (leaking). Go with the single piston style that 69-72 used, cheaper and better.



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4SPEED427 wrote:
citywide wrote:

thank you for your advice i just may do that !! any other advice on color it is a butternut yellow car but was thinking to paint it black or dark blue.

 

 Oh boy, I'd leave it yellow, they look great in Butternut with black stripes.

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Leave it original.



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