Old Brake Parts

So I made some more progress today on the swap to the M1D type (M1Dadio) front disc brakes on my 67 Chevy G10 . A question now arises, is there any use for the old drum brake parts (drum and backing plate)? My first thought is to send them down the road, but I would hate to pitch them if some other vanner could use them.
Kakster

I'll double check, but I think they are history. Sorry if it is too late.
Kakster

Hope the parts you got fit and you can get the beast back on the road safely. I tend to be a pack rat and so after 50+ years I have way too much stuff. It only took a little encouragement for me to send the old backing plates down the road. Sorry I missed the chance to help out a fellow Chevy van enthusiast.

I love it!!! lol
B.W.

Anybody want to buy a striped van???

Well, the van was placed right next to cars that were on stands... and I told the guy at the gate when I came in during the week that I was going for a 64 chevy van that just arrived and I was going to jack up the van to pull the front brake backing plates. His only concern was the type of jack - mine passed because it was hydraulic. Someone already got to the motor - the carb, air cleaner, and valve cover were gone; distributor taken apart and hanging, pedals gone, shifter gone, master cylinder gone, who knows what else. So it wasn't exactly road worthy to begin with. I think it was safe to work on because I used their own jack stands to hold up the front end. Maybe not at all four corners but it was quite solid. The only problem I had was the very limited room on the right side of the van. But I managed to get what I needed without injury and without going to junkyard jail... lol...

I suspect the lot will make more off this van parted out than sold whole... that's just my opinion, but I don't feel sorry for the yard. The sum of the parts being greater than the whole. Nobody questioned me during the week - and I even asked for help several times with no results - and they were happy to sell me the parts that I managed to remove for good money. There was no indication that the van was supposed to be off limits, but I guess next time I'll know better.

Besides, if someone hadn't advised someone else that '67 backing plates were a dime a dozen and to toss them in the trash, I'd have had nice clean ones without having to deal with the salvage yard in the first place...

Anybody get any other pics of this van before(during) parting out?? Guess I better check mine.Luckly I got a few axles for parts. All of the axles on the ones in JY here are all ready gone. Must be alot of gassers some place???

I have some photos on my phone but it will take some time for me to transfer them here.

I need a hold down spring,Front pass.side late'65 drum brakes w/lg bore wheel cylider,,,,the spring that holds down the chopper that turns the star wheel adjuster, one end hooks to the L shaped chopper plate, and the other end hooks to the rear shoe. It must have been an extra part after the last brake job, ha ha, no, it didnt come with the new spring & adjuster kit, Thank You in advance for any help. Thomas

telll us the ups and downs the ins and outs of the M1 swap..before I attempt it!!

sounds good so if you do all 4 you still use a proportioning valve to start the rears first?[