[mrein3]

I look at it this way. In this world of lawyers and sue happy public, what are ALL the car manufacturers putting on the front and in lots of cases the back of new cars?

If drums were that great, wouldn't they still be putting them on new cars?

My 72 Chevelle was factory manual drums when I bought it. You get one hard stop then you're done for the day. I swapped in a set of disk brakes out of a Monte and now can stop when I want/need to.

If I drove in an area with hills and bought an old truck with drums, the first thing I'd do is put in disk brakes. If I pulled anything and ended up with a truck or car with front drums I'd make it disk brakes quick. If not for you and your loved ones in your cab with you, think of the poor sap in the Volkswagon that stopped short in front of you.