Yes, I used the whole assembly from the Parisienne. Master cylinder, booster,
bracket, pedal, brakelight switch, etc. If you can, take the proportioning
valve,
too. I forgot to save mine, and had to scrounge the junkyard for another one.
Oh, you
do want to get one from a disc/drum car. Makes things work so much nicer. As
for the
$350 kits...that's over $500 Canadian, and my whole donor car only cost me $200!
Have fun with the hunt!
Alan Gingles
1948 Chevy 1314
http://www.nucleus.com/~agingles
WR Teto wrote:
> Alan, did you use the master cylinder and brake pedal setup out of the
> Parisienne? I am just in the mood for another junkyard crawl for a master
> cylinder and pedal assembly (no snow here in MA yet!). I did not want to use
>a
> m.c. that installs under the floor, and I'd really like to use a hanging brake
> pedal setup. Fabbing supports, firewall bracing, etc is no problem. I'm
> assuming I should be looking for a donor car that has a disk/drum combination
>so
> that I'd keep the appropriate master cylinder size. When I see that
>aftermarket
> "new" mc/booster/pedal assemblies are in the order of $350 and + + +, well it
> reinforces the old scrounging spirit! I had not considered buying a complete
> donor vehicle at this point, since my front and rear suspensions, rear end,
>and
> transmission are all taken care of, but I might be considering a donor if I
>could
> find a wrecked or cancerous car with a decent small block.
>
> Wally / 53 3100 rod project
>
> Alan D. Gingles wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > When I installed my firewall mounted setup I ran a piece of 1x1 square
>tubing
> > from the top of the pedal assembly to the bottom lip of the dash. It worked
> > quite well and was simple to fabricate.
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