Hello Rex,
If there is one thing I would not attempt to fiddle with on my '59 Imperial,
it is the brakes, unless I was some kind of super mechanic. Even when my
mechanic was getting my '59 running again, this was the area of the most
headaches! Pulling the drums, and an especially stubborn one on the back
passenger side, then watching the leaks, and trying to determine where they
were coming from. My feeling is brakes are one of the most important parts of
a two ton Imperial, and I want to be sure it is going to stop. After hearing
Hugh's horror story with his '58 brakes, I am seriously considering putting
on a more updated system with back ups. Of course maybe Hugh should have a
'59 the true ultimate Imperial, but there are those who go on living their
lives in a state of disillusionment. Bring it to a good mechanic, and have
the whole system redone, after all you don't want to wreck the world's most
beautiful car!
Bill '59 Crown
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