Brad;
How rough are the parts cars that you have yet to pick up? If one of them
has non rusted floors maybe the body shell might be a better candidate to
build a car around then the black one that you are working on. Just a few
thoughts that might save on some welding. Hey, you have to tear the black
one apart some regardless of what you do with it.
Best Regards
Arran Foster
1954 Imperial Newport
Needing A Left Side Taillight Bezel and other trim parts.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Hogg" <roadhogg@xxxxxxx>
To: "Brad Hogg" <roadhogg@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 8:17 PM
Subject: IML: Today's NYB Update
> Tonight I started out by sanding down and painting some metal trim parts
> from the interior of the car. That was easy. Then, I got into something
> that was NOT so easy, changing the parking brake mechanism. This
particular
> unit is one of the vacuum actuated "Auto Parking Brake Release" kind. It
is
> similar to the manual unit except that it has a big vaccum pot on the top
of
> it. The unit that was in the car was, of course, rusted so badly that it
> wouldn't lock in the applied position. I tried to free it without taking
it
> out of the car but that wasn't happening. Fortunately, I had a perfectly
> good working unit from my 77 NYB parts car. I then took out the original
> rusted over unit and installed the perfectly operating unit from the 77.
>
>
http://www.nybclub.org/membercars/bradhogg/76NYB/ParkingBrake/ParkingBrake1.
> jpg
>
http://www.nybclub.org/membercars/bradhogg/76NYB/ParkingBrake/ParkingBrake2.
> jpg
>
http://www.nybclub.org/membercars/bradhogg/76NYB/ParkingBrake/ParkingBrake3.
> jpg
>
> I decided to take off the remaining lower dash cover, only two bolts and
two
> screws held it on anyway. That allowed much better access to the
mechanism.
> I had to remove the hood release lever, the Hi/Lo beam switch from the
floor
> and the grommet where the parking brake cable goes through the floor. I
got
> the old unit out and the cable disconnected from it and then I installed
the
> "new" unit. To connect the cable I had to pull id out some to get enough
> length to slip it through the keeper in the mechanism. I decided to
> disconnect the cable under the car, about under the B pillar. When you
pull
> it loose, it just slipps apart. I got it all put back together except for
> reconnecting the cable under the car, and reinstalling the cable grommet,
> Hi/Lo switch and hood release lever assembly.
>
> Any more 77 parts on this car and it will be a 76 1/2 model year.
>
> That's about enough playing cars for tonight.
>
>
>
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