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mr48chev · 05-07-2020, 01:12 PM

On that lower caliper mounting bolt, is there possibly room to put a stud bolt in the lower hole in the bracket and slip the caliper over it and put a nut on it.

Or with the correct length bolt put the bolt in the caliper and slip it in between the bracket and the arm? As long as you have a full thread showing on the other side of the bracket you should be good.

I am really impressed with what you have been doing with that.

That model of Jensen is Pretty rare here. Rare enough that a lot of guys have never seen one. There are a few here in the PNW but even when they were new you didn't see many. There were only 6408 produced in the whole 10 year run. I've maybe seen five of them since they were new and most of them at car shows. I did see one on a car lot in Seattle in the 80's that my dad pointed out when we were out running around but the price was way more than I could afford on a teacher's salary then.

05-07-2020, 01:12 PM	#37
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,365	Re: 59 Disc brake conversion using Toyota parts On that lower caliper mounting bolt, is there possibly room to put a stud bolt in the lower hole in the bracket and slip the caliper over it and put a nut on it. Or with the correct length bolt put the bolt in the caliper and slip it in between the bracket and the arm? As long as you have a full thread showing on the other side of the bracket you should be good. I am really impressed with what you have been doing with that. That model of Jensen is Pretty rare here. Rare enough that a lot of guys have never seen one. There are a few here in the PNW but even when they were new you didn't see many. There were only 6408 produced in the whole 10 year run. I've maybe seen five of them since they were new and most of them at car shows. I did see one on a car lot in Seattle in the 80's that my dad pointed out when we were out running around but the price was way more than I could afford on a teacher's salary then. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.