[Southpa]

The cheapest (and easiest) option for converting your front drums to discs is to go out and find a complete front end off a 71 or 72 truck. I'm only suggesting this if the rest of your current front end needs work, ie. ball joints, tie-rod ends etc. and a suitable donor is available.

I had no choice in the matter as my x-member brackets were really, really bad. Thats definitely the only option in my case because those brackets are rivetted to the x-member. A front-end guy took the truck for a spin and said, "This is the ONLY kind of truck I know of that you can still drive in this condition."

Rear discs? I wouldn't mind, but look at the master cylinder on a front disc truck. The larger well is for the discs, smaller for the rear drums. Thats about the same proportion of braking power distributed to front and rear. But I certainly wouldn't empty my bank account for rear discs.