Car pics too cool not to share
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Yep - and it sure looked a LOT better than the crappy looking stainle - I mean STAINLESS STEEL APPLIANCES - as promulgated on HGTV along with idiotic "open concept" floorplans. Its like living in a barn with a Taco Bell on one side.
It does. But it also kinda looks like it used to be white before marinating in cigarette smoke for a couple decades...
Yea, there *is* that too. My lungs are a victim of that, unfortunately.
Don't forget the slightly earlier "Coppertone"
What sucks is most of us growing up in the 60's -70's are in that spot . I bet that every generation has some bad things that directly effected them . My great , great , great , grandfather died at 38 , because he was a hardrock miner in Cornwall England and Bald mountain Colorado . He was a good hard working man by all accounts I've heard of . There is nothing new under the sun.
Damn. Being old enough to actually remember that...just, wow!
As you might recall, I've been working on the neighbor's POS '88 Dakota (the one I encouraged him not to buy). Well, I did the rear brakes on it today. This came off the driver's side...
The smaller spring and assorted bits are what was laying in the bottom of the drum. The shiny smaller spring is what's left of the spring that rides across the adjuster's star wheel. The shiny part is where it was being ground away.
Yep. A real piece of...work, that truck.
The smaller spring and assorted bits are what was laying in the bottom of the drum. The shiny smaller spring is what's left of the spring that rides across the adjuster's star wheel. The shiny part is where it was being ground away.
Yep. A real piece of...work, that truck.
As you might recall, I've been working on the neighbor's POS '88 Dakota (the one I encouraged him not to buy). Well, I did the rear brakes on it today. This came off the driver's side...
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The smaller spring and assorted bits are what was laying in the bottom of the drum. The shiny smaller spring is what's left of the spring that rides across the adjuster's star wheel. The shiny part is where it was being ground away.
Yep. A real piece of...work, that truck.
The security of steel, from the pedal to the wheel...
I gotta remember that one!
Somebody - forget who - used it when hydraulic brakes first came out, obviously the guys who did NOT have hydraulics...
As you might recall, I've been working on the neighbor's POS '88 Dakota (the one I encouraged him not to buy). Well, I did the rear brakes on it today. This came off the driver's side...
View attachment 651722
The smaller spring and assorted bits are what was laying in the bottom of the drum. The shiny smaller spring is what's left of the spring that rides across the adjuster's star wheel. The shiny part is where it was being ground away.
Yep. A real piece of...work, that truck.
I see it does have the full metallic brake shoe option !
“The safety of steel from pedal to wheel” was a slogan used by Ford when his competitor(s) decided to use and promote hydraulic brakes in the late '20s-early '30s. I think old Henry Ford himself was the main driver behind that slogan, and he was not for hydraulic brakes for some reason. They even made a promotional film trying to push that logic, I'll see if I can find it. It seems like Chevrolet started using hydro brakes in the mid '30s and that really put pressure on Ford to fall in line by the end of the decade.
edit; I can't locate it right now. I'm pretty sure I watched it here; https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm/featured I think it might have been one of Ford's "A Car is Born" videos.
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Probably took too long on the assembly line
If I had to guess, I'd guess it came down to bottom line profit, whether that was extra time and/or material cost.
The earliest hydraulic systems had teething issues with busting lines (failed brakes), and that's where Ford found his "safety of steel" slogan.
Ford was a huge company that moved very slowly , think about how long they stayed with flathead engines and the millions of overheating cars as a result.
Installing two water pumps and 4 radiator hoses isn't a cost saving move. Henry was a stubborn man , very set in his ways .
From things I've read, that's an accurate statement. Actually, the older he got, the more of an asshole he seemed to be.
More horsepower needs more cooling.
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