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04-03-2009, 12:49 AM
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Dealer Option/NOS Trailer Brake Underhood Firewall Mounted ever see one?!
Just purchased a project '67 Fleetside shortbed and came across what I believe to be a dealer installed option for trailer brakes, it is installed on the firewall... By no means am i an expert on 67-72's but i have and have owned a few and have never ran across this item..
Any help/ comments please contact me here or directly at: playersnmv@aol.com Adam  
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04-03-2009, 10:04 AM
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Re: Dealer Option/NOS Trailer Brake Underhood Firewall Mounted ever see one?!
Not dealer but a pretty connon part I have had 2-3 with that style Tb system. You could get them a Kragen and such back in early 70's
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04-03-2009, 10:21 AM
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Re: Dealer Option/NOS Trailer Brake Underhood Firewall Mounted ever see one?!
Hey neighbor-Congrats on the new truck!
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04-03-2009, 06:13 PM
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Re: Dealer Option/NOS Trailer Brake Underhood Firewall Mounted ever see one?!
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Hey ledzepp, where do you live in Riverside... |
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04-03-2009, 10:36 AM
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Re: Dealer Option/NOS Trailer Brake Underhood Firewall Mounted ever see one?!
I've got one on my truck for the trailer brakes.
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04-03-2009, 06:35 PM
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Re: Dealer Option/NOS Trailer Brake Underhood Firewall Mounted ever see one?!
I am off of Victoria and Harrison....Arlington area
Where u at? Last edited by leddzepp; 04-03-2009 at 06:35 PM. |
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04-03-2009, 08:17 PM
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Re: Dealer Option/NOS Trailer Brake Underhood Firewall Mounted ever see one?!
moved to proper area...
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The Garage: 1968 K-10 SWB - "Project Money Pit" 1996 Z-71 - "huntin rig" 1969 C-10 LWB (SOLD) "Project flip that truck or else" 1993 Passport, F@rd 1-ton (SOLD)"Project Cousin Eddie" My Garage Build "The 1,000 footer" |
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04-03-2009, 10:34 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: Dealer Option/NOS Trailer Brake Underhood Firewall Mounted ever see one?!
very common type for back in the day... I am pretty sure this was the first of the electric brake style, as opposed to tapping into the brake lines like they did before.
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04-03-2009, 10:42 PM
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Re: Dealer Option/NOS Trailer Brake Underhood Firewall Mounted ever see one?!
looks like a mini mid evil electric chair or something...
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The Garage: 1968 K-10 SWB - "Project Money Pit" 1996 Z-71 - "huntin rig" 1969 C-10 LWB (SOLD) "Project flip that truck or else" 1993 Passport, F@rd 1-ton (SOLD)"Project Cousin Eddie" My Garage Build "The 1,000 footer" |
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04-03-2009, 10:48 PM
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Gone to greener pastures
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Re: Dealer Option/NOS Trailer Brake Underhood Firewall Mounted ever see one?!
That's what was called a "voltadrop" back in the old days.
It's basically a ballast resistor. U.S. cars & trucks went to 12 V in '56 (VW was 10 yrs later) and if one had a newer tow vehicle & a pre '56 trailer it needed the resistor to drop the voltage to 6 volts for the trailer. Changing the lights was a piece of cake, just change the bulbs, but other stuff was another issue. Brakes & other stuff were too expensive to change over to 12 volts, so a "voltadrop" was put into the electrical system between the tow vehicle & the trailer. I hope I made some kind of sense here. LJ
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04-03-2009, 10:57 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: Dealer Option/NOS Trailer Brake Underhood Firewall Mounted ever see one?!
El Jay was there... he would know!
 *edit* Not ment to offend anyone, just messin messin with E.J. Last edited by Longhorn Man; 04-03-2009 at 11:00 PM. |
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04-03-2009, 11:52 PM
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Gone to greener pastures
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Re: Dealer Option/NOS Trailer Brake Underhood Firewall Mounted ever see one?!
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It's like water off a duck's back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You & me can eff with each other from now until forever; and it'll all be between just friends!!! Know whut I mean, Jelly Bean? LJ
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'69 Chevy 1/2 T LWB Stepper: Daily Beater '72 GMC 3/4 T Fleet: Another Daily Beater '72 Plymouth Gran Coupe: ? "Ah women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent." Friedrich Nietzsche "Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day." Harry S. Truman GUN CONTROL: Never having to say, "I missed you." Always fire two warning shots into your attacker's chest area before putting a bullet between his eyes. Paraphrased from Louis Awerbuck Last edited by El Jay; 04-03-2009 at 11:55 PM. |
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04-03-2009, 11:04 PM
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Re: Dealer Option/NOS Trailer Brake Underhood Firewall Mounted ever see one?!
I was finally able to get the picture I have of mine (LOOOOONNNNNNNNG day at work). I hope it shows big enough to see it.
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04-04-2009, 12:02 AM
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Gone to greener pastures
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Re: Dealer Option/NOS Trailer Brake Underhood Firewall Mounted ever see one?!
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I hope my buddy, Andy, don't kick me in the nuts for identifying it!!! Sorry "Cockroach"
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'69 Chevy 1/2 T LWB Stepper: Daily Beater '72 GMC 3/4 T Fleet: Another Daily Beater '72 Plymouth Gran Coupe: ? "Ah women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent." Friedrich Nietzsche "Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day." Harry S. Truman GUN CONTROL: Never having to say, "I missed you." Always fire two warning shots into your attacker's chest area before putting a bullet between his eyes. Paraphrased from Louis Awerbuck |
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04-04-2009, 12:29 AM
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its all about the +6 inches
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