Parking brakes for 1952/53 AD truck...need ideas

[mikec4193]

Hi Everyone

I am rebuilding a 1952/53 Chevy truck and I removed the old 1 ton rearend and mounted up a 1985 K5 Chevy Blazer rear end with better gearing for more modern highway travel. I replaced everything brake wise with new stuff including e-brake cables.
The stock 1952/53 Chevy truck has two levers mounted on a steel cross tube with clips on the end...I really wanna keep the original 1952/53 e-brake pedal....so how do you guys use the old school Chevy e-brake pedal and tie it into the newer style Blazer style rear end??

Or do you use something else (pedal wise)to make these parts work???

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

thanks in advance.

MikeC

[nvrdone]

I cheated on my '49. Ive got a 12 bolt & used the stock cables. Put an eye bolt thru the hole on the "ears" that come off the cross bar. Then threaded the end of the parking brake cable thru the eye. Secured cable with 2 cable clamps - one each side of the eye bolt. Parking brake works as stock.
The only problem was the curved arm that comes off the park brake pedal & goes thru the floor had worn the hole in the release arm enough that it wouldn't grab all the time. Built up the edge with weld, filed it round and now it works great

[dwcsr]

I got a clevis for each side. made a short 6" cable with threads on one end and a button on the other then used a GM cable connector shaped like a C to connect the short one to the axle cable.

[mr48chev]

There should be someone in your area that can make up cables with the ends you need or even use part of your cable and swag a new end on it.

If there is a local Grainger store check with them and ask if they know of someone locally that makes up cables. They have some ends for cables and the ferrules that should work.

[mikec4193]

You guys are awesome...is there any possible way that any of you guys can shoot a couple of photos of how you get all this stuff to work?

I think I can reuse the shorter stock cable that came with the Chevy Blazer but I am still in the dark as far has how to make it work...

I have never good at thinking up stuff...I can replace parts all day long...thinking up new stuff...not so good...

So if anybody has any pictures I would be muchly appreciative of that...Once I see how someone else has done it than I can copy it...

MikeC

[mr48chev]

Mine doesn't run to the stock crossbar, I put a late model car park(mid 70's) brake pedal on the left kick panel up rather high and ran the cable down through the original brake pedal hole in the floor, I set the cables under the car up pretty much the same as they were in the donor car.