Fwd: Re: IML: DISC-O-TECH Article

[ViaJoaquin@xxxxxxx]

Following is the response I received from Rick Ehrenberg to my E-mail about his article and inquiry on Imperial Budd conversions. He is as prompt as his article is concise, but unfortunately he is unable to provide any real input.
Anybody with a 67-8 Imperial also have an 85 Dodge truck to park next to it and compare front brakes?

Roy
67 Crown FDHT

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• From: "Richard Ehrenberg" <rehrenberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 19:30:28 -0500

I really can't research something with such a small "user base", but ponder
this: After about 1984, D100-150-200-250/B100-150-200-250 trucks went to
5-on-5.5" bolt circle!

Rick
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From: <ViaJoaquin@xxxxxxx>
To: <rehrenberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 6:22 PM
Subject: DISC-O-TECH Article


> Howdy,
> I was provided a link to your DISC-O-TECH article on Mopar Online and
wanted to comment how nice it was to see something so thorough and detailed
with regard to doing a conversion! I'm a "heavy metal" Mopar fan, owning a
67 Imperial, so brakes are always of interest to me. Since your article
referenced Imperial rear disks and also the first ABS brakes I wanted to ask
if you were familiar with 60s Imperial Budd brakes and any possible
conversions. It's not that the Budd brakes are a problem, but the rotors are
impossible to find as Imperial Budds are even beefier than C-Body Budds. I
have heard of one example of a 67 Imperial converted with 72 C-Body
components which left the car with two wheel bolt patterns, 5 on 5 at the
front and 5 on 5 1/2 at the rear. That may have just been a conversion based
on opportunity. Since later Imperials have a 5 on 5 1/2 bolt pattern and
discs I would presume that a swap would be possible, but I haven't seen any.
What are your thoughts. I realize that Imperials are orphans, but they do
have quite a following. I would invite you to visit
http://www.imperialclub.com to see just how much of a following!
> Thanks,
> Roy Bowman
>

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