73/74 B Body Brake Calipers

[RR Fan Dan]

I am doing a complete restoration on my 74 RR. Brake calipers were replaced new a year ago and already look like crap. Car has been stored indoors and they are still rusty looking. Does anybody make a powder coated caliber I could just bolt on? Seems like everything out there stops at 72. I had a hard time finding the stock calipers last year as well. The ones that everyone listed as fitting my 74, didn’t fit. I can’t remember if they were slide on or bolt on but I eventually found the right ones with a little help from my friends. My car is not here to look at so I can’t tell you if they are bolt on or slide on right now, but I basically just want to replace the calipers for cosmetic reasons more than performance, but hey if I could find a complete performance kit with drilled rotors and powder coated calipers that would be great. I’ve searched the forums here and haven’t found any help for 73/74. I’m not wanting to disassemble the calipers to powder coat them either. I would rather just buy a caliper off the shelf that I could bolt up.

 

[YY1]

I got new calipers from rockauto for my 73 when I did a DOT 5 conversion.
They worked just fine (10 years and going) but they did not match. The castings were quite a bit different, although they were the same part number from the same supplier.
They should be pin type.
I painted mine before installation with black VHT "caliper paint", and that seems to be holding up.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

I got new calipers from rockauto for my 73 when I did a DOT 5 conversion.
They worked just fine (10 years and going) but they did not match. The castings were quite a bit different, although they were the same part number from the same supplier.
They should be pin type.
I painted mine before installation with black VHT "caliper paint", and that seems to be holding up.

So you didn’t disassemble them before painting?

 

[YY1]

So you didn’t disassemble them before painting?

I masked the line connection and the piston/seal.
I can't remember if I removed the rubber from the "pin" hole areas.

 

[RR Fan Dan]

I masked the line connection and the piston/seal.
I can't remember if I removed the rubber from the "pin" hole areas.

Thanks I’ll keep that as an option but my first choice would be powder coated.

 

[YY1]

Thanks I’ll keep that as an option but my first choice would be powder coated.

IIRC the VHT caliper paint is ceramic.

They also have a special primer for it.
Can't remember if I used that or not.