118) and nearly four inches lower from road to roof, yet surrendering only a quarter-inch each of ground clearance and rear-seat headroom. Its unibody was a model of efficiency, five inches shorter in wheelbase than a full-size Ford (113 inches vs. Still, the incubation of the four-seater swallowed some $40 million. An all-new, four-seat unibodied ’Bird, on the other hand, could share components with an all-new, unibodied Lincoln and Continental-at an all-new facility in Wixom, Michigan. It was McNamara who saw the numbers wouldn’t add up: Build- ing Little Birds required parts from a full-size Ford body that had been replaced for ’57 and was hampering big Ford production at overcrowded River Rouge. While product manager Thomas Case was still investigating the cost of a ’58 two-seat- er in February ’57, Bill Boyer’s design studio had been pushing clay for a four-seater since mid-’55. McNamara could see even greater potential for a four-seat variation on the theme. Yet almost from the Little Bird’s birth, Ford division general manager Robert S. With this information fresh in mind it’s time to call your Wilwood Distributor or Wilwood directly and talk to a knowledgeable technician who can help to get just the brakes you want and make sure it will fit.The two-seat T-bird of 1955-57 sold far better than anyone expected, topping 21,000 units in what would prove its final year. Pay special attention to what your wheel choice will be and be sure to review the installation pdf. Then you can drill down to the detailed information page for the brake kits that you feel will fulfill your requirements. What we recommend is that you select the applicable wheel size below and review the available options. So how does one figure out what system you want for your car. For this same vehicle we have brakes designed specifically for drag racing and road racing including kits that fit stock suspension or various aftermarket suspensions and aftermarket rears. We also have brakes that use huge 14 inch rotors and require use of an 18 inch or larger wheels. For many of these cars we have many options, for example Wilwood has disc brake conversion kits that will simply convert a completely stock vehicle to disc brakes, fit in stock appearing 14 inch wheels and requires no modification to the vehicle. Wilwood manufactures brakes for most popular muscle cars, street rods, after market suspension systems, and many current high performance vehicles.
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