disc brake conversion help

[takehikes]

I have a 68 F100 with a 240 in it. I want to put power disc on the front but have no desire to change out the I beams or use junk yard parts. However all the conversion kits I find are brutally expensive. I'm wondering if there is something out there that has been used and is reasonably priced. Also would it cut the price (and performance) a lot if I didn't go power disc and just went to manual disc? Suggestions? Ideas? send money! LOL

[ultraranger]

Probably one of the best swaps is the one you don't want to do and that's the one using donor parts from a Dentside '73-'79 F100 or a '75-'79 150.

I've done this swap twice --on my '69 F100 Ranger using the front discs/entire front suspension from a '77 F100 and again on a '72 F100 Sport Custom using the front discs/entire front suspension from a '75 F100/F150 (not sure which series the parts came off of since it was a frame only with the suspension still intact on the donor and no body on it).

Both work really well.

[Canonman67]

Google Scarebird, he makes a bracket that uses your stock spindle with GM calipers and Dodge pickup rotors. The brackets are about $200 your total depends on what you can buy the rest of the parts for. One nice thing about doing it this way is you can spread it out over a couple of months. You can find pictures in my build thread.