| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,777 | Those are Lockheed brakes- - -the same style used on Ford vehicles from the Model A to 1948, also on most Chrysler products of the same era. The snail shell style adjusters and the cross spring are a dead ringer for the Ford style brake. Some of them had an oval slot at the bottom to allow for a little bit of servo-action assist to transfer wheel rotation into extra braking force on the rear brake shoe. Nice project! Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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