Appreciate the information. Depending on what I can find, and what's economical without compromising safety, I'll try and go that route or pick a disc brake system that will work.toolbox wrote:Run early Type III in the rear and 66 Type I in the front. Get some high friction linings installed on the shoe tables, have them arced to the drums and all should be good.
Sean,
you need to get Fergus a late 60's full sized car with manual drums all around so he can learn anticipation braking.
I hate to sound like "old dude", but I just can't believe how much of today's youth are car stupid. My son is at least interested and willing to learn, but all the video games and modern conveniences of auto production have actually spoiled these kids to no end. They are so use to ridding 10 feet behind cars at 35mph and just stepping on the all disc brakes, they think that's how all cars stopped from the model "T" to today's Accords.
My son drives the '59 bus on occasion with me and he now realizes how early braking systems are not what we have today. Even then, he doesn't have the experiece of years of driving with drum brakes. A couple days in a modern car ends the occasional lesson he gets in an old VW.
And it's not just brakes. One of my son's friends came over and didn't know how to change a hallogen bulb in his car. I'm not sure he knew how to even open the hood. He had no idea about not touching the bulb , or at least wipping it off. Since the hood was open I decided to check the oil. (Yes Aaron, I knew how to do that!
)Guess what? Yea, half empty and the oil in there was filthy. And don't get me started about kids checking "tweets" behind the wheel!
