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Okay - here are a couple of cheap, easy do-them-this-summer upgrades for you.

Yes, the 65-67 Mustang vented rotors AND hubs are a direct, pure and simple BOLT IN for our Pantera spindles. Thickness and diameter are a match. Stainless Steel Brakes sells these in different "bling" styles, but the castings are the same for all the styles. SSB might have a bit better quality than some of the other off-shore stuff that floats around. They, as are most (all?) now sold are one piece hub/rotor castings. The original Ford units were two-piece, and show up now and then on eBay. You can pull your calipers, yank the hubs/rotors, knock the bearings out of your hub, swap the bearings into the races that come in the one piece Mustang rotors/hubs and bolt it all back together. I have not done this but have talked with an owner who has. His word is golden.

Pads. For track/street use you need to contact Porterfield. Their R4S compound will fill the bill, very nicely. Many owners have changed to these pads and all have been pleased with the results. I dumped my still thick (but not effective) original Wilwood pads on the 4-piston calipers from Quella (stock rotors) in favor of the Porterfields and noticed the difference right now. At Vegas Pahrump this year they worked great, and show little wear after four 25-30 minute sessions. Porterfield does sell pads for the original Pantera calipers, also. They are not cheap, I paid about $280 for my 8 pads. Yes, worth the money!

Hope this helps.

Larry