Adjust them right and don't do too much rally driving and they should be ok.
Make sure they are adjusted per the factory clearances which really needs
the factory aligning tools to do.
Power or manual? If manual they will surely be harder to apply but still do
the job-- at least by 55 standards. My current 55 project has the manual
and I have never thought of changing it.
The booster unit on the power set up is 55 only and agrivating to find parts
for! Must not be the best setup since they only used it for 55 when you
think of it that way----or did they get a deal on a cheaper setup for 56?
Hmmmm.....?
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Sealey <mopar2ya@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 7:57 AM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] '55 Windsor Brakes
> --- David Charles Gedraitis <dcg@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I'm soon to be working on a 1955 Chrysler Windsor
> > Wagon with my girl. I was told that the '55 brakes
> > leave a lot to be desired. Does anyone know of any
> > (inexpensive) upgrades that can be made?
>
> Not off the top of my head, at least with that
> qualifier...
>
> > can i swap in the brakes from a later model car?
>
> Sure, but it'll probably cost... ...I once owned a '65
> Rambler that a PO had converted from Budd 4-piston
> disc brakes to a single-piston disc setup from an
> early-'70s F*rd; nobody had bothered to tell me this
> had been done, so my brake guy had to work backwards
> to find out just what that stuff was off of, saying
> over and over in disbelief, "this guy must've
> REEEEEEALY liked this car to spend the money to do
> this..."
>
> > what exactly is wrong with '55 brakes?
>
> AFAIK they aren't any worse than other years, but the
> master cylinder is '55 only and rebuild parts are hard
> to obtain...
>
> > will a new power master cylinder out of something
> > else do it or do we need all new everything?
>
> I'd defer to Terry Hoeman on this, but my suspicion -
> which could be wrong - is that a '56 master cylinder
> could be made to fit, and probably some newer ones as
> well.
>
> Mike Sealey, San Francisco CA
> 1957 Plymouth Sport Suburban
> (former owner, '55 New Yorker)
>
> =====
> Mike Sealey, San Francisco CA
> '57 Plymouth Sport Suburban
>
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