'69 w/ discs and 5"x5" wheel pattern ????

[rdporterjr]

My '69 has disc brakes up front and 5"x5" wheels all the way around. Has someone done some work on this rig or was it a special order?

I always "knew" that these had drums up to '70 and then disks starting with '71, so you can imagine my surprise to see disks on my truck.

[krue]

Someone has updated your truck, 71 was the first year for discs and 5 lugs.

[rdporterjr]

Thats what I thought. But why do the 5 lug rear without adding disc?

mmm....

[krue]

It's fairly easy to swap rearends from a later truck.

[cdowns]

or you could have a 71 truck with 69clip ororor mix n match real common

[Longhorn Man]

Originally Posted by rdporterjr

Thats what I thought. But why do the 5 lug rear without adding disc?

mmm....

becouse they are worthless on the back of a street driven pick up unless it usually has a few thousand pounds in back.

[71tahoe]

Originally Posted by rdporterjr

Thats what I thought. But why do the 5 lug rear without adding disc?

mmm....

71/72 were discs only on front. I don't recall rear discs being available on Chevrolet light trucks through at least 87. I'm not sure when they started but it was much more recent than 72.

[ChevLoRay]

I don't think the rear disc trucks came out until the body change in '99.

[Longhorn Man]

and they went BACK to rear drums becouse they didn't help much and aremore expensive. 04 or 05 I think is when they went back.

[rdporterjr]

Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

and they went BACK to rear drums becouse they didn't help much and aremore expensive. 04 or 05 I think is when they went back.

Hmm.. Thats good to know. You just saved me an expensive upgrade. Thanks