[davepl]

Drum or disc, I still spend a lot of my time in traffic managing the gap in front of and (to the extent I can) behind me. Maybe it's because I'm 50 or because I spent five years hand-restoring this truck and don't want it hurt, but I drive pretty darned paranoid.

Your biggest risk is the car in front of you stops suddenly, and then you're sideways in a four wheel drum lockup. So drum OR disc, I leave lots of room so that doesn't happen.

But I too upgraded fronts to disc! And I no longer own a front drum vehicle. Drums stop pretty good when dry the first time and when properly adjusted and new.