My Model A had a hydraulic brake conversion done on it before I purchased it, like most things that have been done it’s been pretty poorly executed. The emergency brake has particularly badly done. I looked into trying to make… Read More ›
hydraulic brakes
Update on my 1929 Model A Sport Coupe
Took a couple of days off work and with a huge amount of help from my friend Simon of Simon’s Autos and despite the shocking efforts of Parcelforce and HM Customs (parts held for over 3 weeks despite taking 2 days… Read More ›
The Final Piece!
As you may know the car came with a very poor quality hydraulic brake conversion, to rectify this I gathered the parts to convert the system to the superior 46-48 single adjuster system. I was however missing two grease boxes… Read More ›
The Backing Plates are Back
Took a detour on the way back from Wheels Day to collect my rear brake backing plates from Austen Metcalf at Ozcraft in Bisley. Austen has done an excellent of reworking these later hydraulic brake backing plates to fit my… Read More ›
BRAKES, Ultimate Guide To Fitting ’39-’48 Hydraulic Brakes To Your ‘A’….
Another good juice brakes article
Rear Brakes & Axle Shafts
Took a first look at my rear hubs, brakes & axle shafts this weekend, learned a lot 🙂 Learned that the rear axle shafts had been shimmed, also learned that this is pretty common practice 🙂 Learned that the rear… Read More ›
Hydraulic Brake Conversions for Model A
A couple of really good sites on this tricky subject can be found by clicking the pictures below: mrtexascitrus Brian Laine
57 Varities of Brakes!!
Started looking at the brakes today and found a bit of a mix and match situation. The 1929 Model originally had manual “rod” type brakes. It was common practice to use hydraulic brakes from the later 30’s and 40’s Fords…. Read More ›