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#29005 06/08/2004 7:04 AM | Joined: May 2004 Posts: 8 Member | | Member Joined: May 2004 Posts: 8 | when did chevy go from "huck" brakes to the "bendix"-type brakes?
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#29006 06/08/2004 7:31 AM | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 84 Member | | Member Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 84 | I believe GM switched to Bendix brakes in 1952. I have a 49 with Huck brakes and they need work. Luckly these parts can be had through the catalogs. | | |
#29007 06/08/2004 2:29 PM | Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 117 Member | | Member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 117 | 1951 was the transition year for Bendix style brakes on the 1/2 ton trucks and passenger cars.
Winona
1949 3100 5 Window Deluxe Cab
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#29008 06/08/2004 4:36 PM | Joined: May 2004 Posts: 8 Member | | Member Joined: May 2004 Posts: 8 | Buddha and 49erGal thanks.
i've got a 49 1T, it probably has huck-type too?
my neighbor has a 51 1 1/2T, i wonder what it has, he hasn't had to get into the brakes on his yet, the thing looks huge, the wheels and drums and such, i mean. thanks, again.
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