1935 Ford Juice Brakes

Mr. Will

Mr. Will

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I would like to convert my 35' coupe to juice brakes and wondered if anyone made a set of pre bent brake lines? Any information would be appreciated.

Thanks Dan
 
Try Richard at the Early V-8 garage,
(626) 338-2282. He furnished everything we
needed for our 34 and 36 5 window coupes.
Fit like they came from factory!!
 
mfagan said:
Try Richard at the Early V-8 garage,
(626) 338-2282. He furnished everything we
needed for our 34 and 36 5 window coupes.
Fit like they came from factory!!
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I plan on buying Richards master cylinder mouting bracket but I thought his price for brake lines was bit high at 395.00. I can make my own but thought if I could buy a pre bent set reasonable I would go that route and be done with it.
 
C&G Early Ford Parts sells the energizers(floaters).Part#48-2043. $54.95.
Their phone number is 1-800-266-0470. I put them on my '36 and I'm very pleased.It might be worth looking into Dad.
 
My 35 coupe has juice brakes. You can buy the brake lines for a 39' and they will be much cheaper. Check Spadero or Early Ford V8 in SC.
The early V8 garage master cylinder mount is pretty simple to fabricate. I used his pics as a reference and saved a bunch of money on my 34 pickup. My 35 coupe has a 39 pedal assembly.
You will still need to mount the conectors and go thru the inner fender panels for the hoses etc.
 
Straightpipes said:
My 35 coupe has juice brakes. You can buy the brake lines for a 39' and they will be much cheaper. Check Spadero or Early Ford V8 in SC.
The early V8 garage master cylinder mount is pretty simple to fabricate. I used his pics as a reference and saved a bunch of money on my 34 pickup. My 35 coupe has a 39 pedal assembly.
You will still need to mount the conectors and go thru the inner fender panels for the hoses etc.
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I looked at the pics and also thought it looked pretty easy to fab. Thanks For the tip on the 39' brake lines.
Did you do the master with the bell crank that mounts sideways to the frame?
 
billwill said:
Read number four site how do I know
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I am sorry but I don't understand your comment...
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Brake lines are a walk in the park to bend up out of the softer cupro nickel tube . It still complies with all regulations and bend and flares real nice.
 
I put brake floaters on my '35 fordor sedan last spring and they made a huge difference in how this car brakes. I have driven cars with hydraulic brake conversions, using '39-'48 components, that did not stop as well as my car stops now. The new Lincoln brake offers may be a different story.
 
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The 35 never had juice brakes as standard. Any 35 converted to juice brakes is non standard. How would you expect a supplier to tool up to supply pre bent brake pipes for a non standard application? Unless the supplier were doing the conversions themselves no two would be alike.

If you move away from stock you have to be prepared to do some things yourself.

Mart.
 
I have floaters on my 36 pickup with soft lining, it stops very well. the 36 feels like it has power brakes compared to my model a witch has 48 juice brakes!
 
JM 35 Sedan said:
I put brake floaters on my '35 fordor sedan last spring and they made a huge difference in how this car brakes. I have driven cars with hydraulic brake conversions that did not stop as well as my car stops now.
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What kind of brake floaters do you have? Just curious.
 
I agree with my4dv8 on the cupro nickel brake line. Got mine at CARQUEST. beautiful bends with a bender or just use your fingers. Double flares are no problem with a basic double flaring tool.
 
Mart said:
The 35 never had juice brakes as standard. Any 35 converted to juice brakes is non standard. How would you expect a supplier to tool up to supply pre bent brake pipes for a non standard application? Unless the supplier were doing the conversions themselves no two would be alike.

If you move away from stock you have to be prepared to do some things yourself.

Mart.
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This is true but I bought all prebent lines for my 37 coupe from Classic Tube in Lancaster Pa. They had a program to do 1939 brakelines so that is what I went with as I was using 39 pedals and most everything else from a 39 Ford. The price was around $125.00 for the complete set but they would upgrade to stainless for another $25.00 which is what I did and everything fit perfectly with no leaks. I was going to go with Richards at the time but almost $400.00 for regular steel lines made me go with the 39 pedals and stuff I had and Classic Tube lines. A friend who has a 36 3 window that was converted to hydraulics before he bought the car over 50 years ago just bought the 39 set in stainless and he had no trouble with installation. The frames are close to being the same and areas that are a little different like the front crossmember the tubing is forgiving. You will have to drill and tap for 1/4-20 threads on rear radius rods for 39 type tubing clamps. If you use a 39 set of pedals and a master cylinder and install on frame where a 39 would have had them the programed 39 set should work,did on two jobs that I can verify.
 
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Admiral said:
What kind of brake floaters do you have? Just curious.
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The set I used was purchased from MAC's Antigue Auto Parts maybe 10 years ago. This was before I was aware of Flathead Ted's floaters. I plan to use a set of his floaters for my '35 coupe. I believe MAC's still offers both Ted's and a lower cost brand in their catalog, or at least they did the last time I checked.
 
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