1955 Special break upgrade

[Jim Carmichael]

I also remember Buick having both left and right hand lug bolts but my 1955 Special has only right hand bolts, also my 1951 Special, 1952 Special, 1952 Super and 1953 Super. My 1962 does have both left and right so I don't know if my memory is clouded or if some of them did in fact have both.

[McGuireV10]

I'm glad my 55 only has right-hand lugs, or I'd have stripped the lefts trying to "break them loose"...

[Fryguy]

idgas,

What did you do for a master cylinder? Did you keep the stock single master? Are you still running stock drums on the back? The reason I ask is that I recently bought the Scarebird kit for my '53 Special. I have dual master cylinder to install and I was wondering if you upgraded the master cylinder?



Fryguy

hi i put disc brakes on my 50 buick and it will work on your 55 as well.
i bought a bracket kit from scarebird.com and they give you a list of
parts to buy [rotors,bearings calipers,seals etc.] from your local
oreillys,autozone etc. the whole deal was around 300.00
here are some pics