Ian's Tennessee Honey '64 Short Box Step-side - England

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Well another rainy holiday weekend, my time has been spent between building a window seat for my daughter (she only been asking for 2 years) finishing plumbing in my brakes and finishing the lid for Rian's heater box.

The master cylinder and booster have been fitted for a while, The brake cylinder is a GM style jobbie (disc/drum) with a 7" booster and proportioning valve all from MBM. I had to make the bracket to mount them to the fire wall and used the mounting holes from the previous master cylinder.



I also had to make up a push rod, this was made from a piece of 3/8 threaded bar and a long stud connector ( for maximum adjustment) with locking nuts to keep it all safe.



I borrowed my mates flaring tool to make the pipes up. It's probably old that I am but it makes great flares!



I noticed Andy (Uber Cool) has the same pipe bender as me, they work great and for £10 (ish) good value too.



The tubes are 3/16 cupro-nickel, I prefer it to copper as it doesn't work harden. The front flexis are new and came with the disc brake kit the rear one is ordered and should be with me by Thursday. I also fitted a Wilwood residual pressure valve to the drum brake circuit. All the pipes are clipped up using nylon clips, so once the rear flexi arrives I can get it all bled and I'll be good to go.