Rear Brakes, Parking Brake & Fuel Line

The old fuel line was installed 10 years ago when Dennis S. rebuilt the frame. It had mild rust on the exterior just from sitting in the Hawaiian air. Since this line can only be replaced when the body is off I decided to install a new stainless steel line. You can see it running down the right frame rail. The parking brake assembly was also rebuilt. Once the body is put back on the frame the emergency brake cable will attach to the empty clevis.

This is the right rear brake assembly.

This is the left rear brake assembly.

Ty comes over later today and we will rough align the rear end assembly. Should be fun. Pictures to follow.

Front Brakes and "The Trailer"

Work continues on the front brakes. All the original fittings are fine. I used a little Scotchbrite on the stainless steel lines and a wire brush on the brass fittings. This is a picture of the main fitting that the master cylinder will feed. Only one line from the master cylinder feeds all four brakes. Another picture of the brake lines. This is the left rear. All new hoses and brake cylinders are installed.

This is the right front brake assembly. I was unable to find a good picture depicting the correct arrangement for all the pieces on a 63 Corvette so this is my best guess. It looks good, feels good, but I am not quite positive it's correct. Click on the photo and check it out. If you think something is odd let me know.

This is the left front.

This is one of the rear brake drums (it still needs to be sand blasted and painted). Other than the size, it's representative of all four drums. Do you notice anything odd? For me, it's the brake adjustment hole. I've never seen one on a drum, they have always been on the backing plate. None of the backing plates have an adjustment hole.

Once the chassis was back in a rolling configuration I thought I'd see if it fit on the trailer. The width is a tight fit for sure but then the car does have over sized tires and wheels. When we get the proper size tires and wheels I'll have to adjust the channel iron for the front tires. But that's for a later date. The trailer works fine for now.

It towed very nice. Shouldn't be an issue at all for Cool Desert Nights.