69 Imperial Crown

[dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Although not having to deal w/ the infamous Budds is a good thing, the 
situation is not really as bad as Peter's posting suggests.  Yes, the rotors 
are hard to find, but now we know how we can reproduce them from Supras (yes, 
this work is not fun, but its not that expensive and you only need to do it 
once - unless of course you like to drive your car w/ worn out pads).  And if 
your car has good rotors on it, if you are careful you may never need to 
replace them.  Yes, the calipers do tend to go bad if the car has not been 
driven for a while, but the rebuilt kits are out there, and some vendors sell 
rebuilt calipers.  When in good working order, they (the Budds) work just 
fine.  Possibly, they may have better fade resistance than the later brakes due 
to the larger surface area and lower pad loading (per square inch).  This 
feature could partly compensate for the service difficulties (yes, I agree, 
only partly!)

D^2, w/ 2 Budd equipped cars

Quoting Peter Engel <peter.engel@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> As far as I know, all 69 Imperials used the Budd disc brakes.  Your
> late
> 69 car would be a good test of this theory.  Hope and pray that you do
> NOT have the Budd disc brakes.  This is what the Budds look like.  I
> 
> switch location.  The Budds, however, are the Achilles heel of 69s.
>