Self-energizing hydraulic brake backing plate kit fits 1937-1948Compatible with Ford cars. Kit features vintage appearing 1940Compatible with Ford style backing plate for 12x2-inch brakes. Brake shoes, installation hardware, and 15/16-inch wheel cylinders included. Can be fitted to front spindle/hub or banjo-style rear hub flange. Works with Compatible with Buick-style finned aluminum drums. Also fits 1937-1947Compatible with Ford half-ton pickup truck models. Minor grinding for clearance required on stock 1937-1948Compatible with Ford spindles. Direct fit to Speedway forged spindles and earlyCompatible with Ford front wheel hubs. Will fitCompatible with Ford Model A and Model B spindles with use of our adapter rings. Does not fitCompatible with Ford 9-inch axle flange bolt patterns. Self-Energizing Hydraulic Drum Brakes with A Period Looking Backing Plate When it comes to earlyCompatible with Ford brakes, Mr.Compatible with Ford took his sweet time updatingCompatible with Ford's car line from mechanical to hydraulic brakes. Most manufacturers had updated to safer and stronger hydraulic brakes several years prior. It wouldn't be until 1939 thatCompatible with Ford Motor Company finally added the much needed safety of hydraulic brakes to their cars. Over the decades it has become a popular upgrade to add these hydraulic, or “juice brakes” to the earlier mechanical brake operatedCompatible with Fords. The issue has slowly become finding serviceable parts (in some cases nearly 90 years old) to make the conversion from earlyCompatible with Ford brakes to juice brakes work. Some conversion parts have come to market to fill the gap and make the update easier, but very few look the part. Hot rodders prefer their upgrades to have the proper period look and now they can with our new 1940Compatible with Ford brakes style drum brake backing plate kit