Need help with rear brake drums

[riverhead55]

I have a 8in. rear in my 28 ford street rod that I cannot find brake drums to fit. The shoes are 10x2in.and the pilot hole needs to be 2.750in. to fit the axle boss. Can anyone can give me a brand name and part # that will work. thanks Al------oh buy the way this is an all ford street rod 347 stroker motor-c4 trans

[hotwheels]

Do you know what vehicle the rear end is out of? Mustang, Maverick, Ranchero, etc........?

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You could always call currie and see what they think...... currie

[jpmcclos]

You can't taunt us like that and not have pics!

[riverhead55]

I was told it came out of a 65-66 mustang but I do not think it did. Every parts store I tried only has the drums with a 2.250 pilot hole, I have a part #yh140306 for Wearever brakes that Advance says is a good # but they do not make that drum anymore and I can not find a crossover site to another brand. Also will try to post some pictures soon------thanks Al

[jpmcclos]

Have you tried summitracing, jegs, jcwhitney?

[Beernut]

summit racing has them for that year but it does not list the size of the pilot hole. might be worth a shot tho.

[riverhead55]

Might have some luck from Napa, after spending two hours on the internet and trying about 80 different combinations of year, engine and body styles I think its a 1974 Maverick rear. They can only find 3 drums, one on the west coast and two in Florida. They will have two on Monday wish me luck that they fit----Al

[945.0GT]

good luck , i wish i had kept some of my old stuff i think i had a set with ford part # s that would have worked

[jpmcclos]

Oh the joys of owning a hot rod!

[already7]

Good luck with it!

I ran into that problem when a friend of mine loaned me his 60 model Impala for the summer of 1999. Had a shitload of fun in that car (cherry red convertible), but it needed a rear wheel bearing. Usually a very easy and inexpensive fix,,,,,, BUT for that model specifically, they used a stupid off size bearing and it was $120 for one bearing!!!!!!!! Only Napa and Chevrolet had the part. I guess that Chevrolet only let Napa sell them, because everyone other part store said it was a dealer only item.
Luckily my Mom was the Assistant foreman over Maintenance out at Timex watch Corp, and they get a 50% discount from Napa!
The guy at Napa said that if it was one year either way he had plenty of bearings for $19.95 each....