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10/02/07: Rear brakes stripped to axle |
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Rear brakes stripped to backing plate |
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rear brake dumb ready to be reconditioned |
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Blasted and painted rear brake backing plate ready to accept brake parts |
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Frnt axel and hub retainer as found |
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Front axle stripped o all brake parts and ready for new parts! |
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Old brake rotors as found. Hubs are good, but the rotors are beyond repair |
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10/9/07: Front brake assemblies going abck together-backing plates blasted and painted. These were very rusty and even had some holes. This process |
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should stabilize their condition indefinetly |
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New front rotor ready for installation |
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Reconditioned rear brake drumb |
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10/10/07: Front brake rotor installed |
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10/15/07: Wheels before reconditioning |
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10/23/07: Newly designed brake servo will give this car safe brakes again! |
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Old servo was disconnected from brake system long ago-all these units failed and sucked the brake system dry of fluid. On the single circuit systems |
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this could spell disaster vis-a-vis no brakes! The post 1966 cars were a great improvement |
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10/25/07: New brake servo intallation complete |
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Steering joint-discovered bad when old servo was removed |
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Old steering joint falling apart |
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Carbs-full of fumungo from old rusty gas tank and corroded from sitting |
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Preparing opening for new gas tank |
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11/08/07: Stainless Exhaust components-this is one job you only want to do once in a lifetime! |
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Stainless exhaust-it will still look like this years from now |
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View of exhaust-also shows stainless steel brake lines |
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View from rear-shows reconditioned fuel tank and recently installed stanless exhaust system |
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