I have advised guys to avoid disc brakes on very original cars that don't get driven alot, Most recently a real nice 1966 SS396. A lot of guys didn't bother with discs simply because of the drag on drag cars...back off the shoes a bit and no friction loss...more importantly though is the fact that disc rotors rust in our climate when sitting unused. Most recently a Healey I'm doing...alot of machine shops go .030 over and new pistons......our engine had a very small ridge so my engine builder advised to simply clean up the bores (after we checked and measure for wear....new rings, and do everything else (Line hone etc) and check for cracks etc....I don't think I'll be driving it alot...but even if it uses a bit of oil we should be Ok. Another thing...if a car has good paint and its not lacquer you don't have to strip it for a driver repaint....have done this on a lot of my cars with great success.
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