About 10 years ago, when I “restored” my 1949 Desoto Convertible, I made one change to the car that was not stock. I rebuilt the car with a four-wheel disc brake system. The car stops too good! I used the stock master cylinder, and I used a remote power brake booster like the one I had on my RAM 300K convertible in High School. Midland Ross was sold a long time ago, but around 2013 the factory that made the boosters was still operating under another name. I managed to talk with the manufacturing manager who had started there in the 1970’s. We had a long talk.
They were still making these boosters. The big issue was the special rubber parts were made now in Turkey. They are essentially he told me the same as the ones used in the 1950’s Ford Thunderbird. I asked him if he had any of the pressure curves and he was kind enough to send me the two attached drawings. One with the pressures. I found out that a couple of years later that the Turkey plant burned down and they had stopped making any of these remote units anymore. One can try to see if the Ford Thunderbird suppliers are still sitting on any. Best, James For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylang --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chrysler 300 Club International" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to chrysler-300-club-international+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/chrysler-300-club-international/CY5PR19MB61714A79B3CE11111A3EC1C593812%40CY5PR19MB6171.namprd19.prod.outlook.com. |
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