1939 Pedal Assy

[JM 35 Sedan]

Here are some pictures of The Early V8 Garage hydraulic brake conversion kit that I used on my '35 deluxe tudor slantback sedan. I felt this was the best choice for me at the time I was building this car. I really did not care to mess up an original frame in beautiful condition by cutting and drilling holes to mount a '39 brake/clutch pedal assembly, especially when this kit was selling for about $300.00, and a nice set of '39 pedals were going for about $250.00. Plus I felt the '39 pedals would most likely need new bushings and possibly more. Also, I did not care for the idea of possibly needing to relocate the battery. The position of the master cylinder was fine with me, except for the occasional potential problem of checking and adding brake fluid, but I knew I could always add a remote reservoir to take care of that issue. This was also a complete bolt in situation that I, or the next owner could easily convert back to original, or some other type of braking system.
Two other features of this kit are the rod that actuates the MC connects to the original brake cross shaft assembly, and the emergency brake uses the original e-brake lever with a short connecting cable that runs thru the center of X member inside of preformed tubing, and connects to a stock '39 e-brake cable. Pretty cool, easy to install setup I thought, altough some folks opinions may vary, as another frequently posting member here likes to say

 

[blucar]

Blucar, are those antique "fire bombs" I see hanging in the net?

The glass balls/nets are Japanese float balls for their fishing nets. Many years ago, close to fifty, the balls would wash up on the coast of Alaska. A friend of mine that worked for Mobile Oil gathered them up, sharing his find with many of his friends.

 

[blucar]

I failed to mention in my earlier contribution to this topic that I installed the '41 column shift trans from the donor car into the car when I installed the hydraulic brakes. I had a little difficulty hooking up the shift controls, modifying the column a little bit to attach the shift lever assembly. Had to get real tricky with the upper lever attachment and retaining the Banjo steering wheel.
In 1955 I got tired of the very heavy '36 steering gears, opting for a '40 setup, which was very simple other than rewiring the head light/starter system.

 

[petehoovie]

I failed to mention in my earlier contribution to this topic that I installed the '41 column shift trans from the donor car into the car when I installed the hydraulic brakes. I had a little difficulty hooking up the shift controls, modifying the column a little bit to attach the shift lever assembly. Had to get real tricky with the upper lever attachment and retaining the Banjo steering wheel.
In 1955 I got tired of the very heavy '36 steering gears, opting for a '40 setup, which was very simple other than rewiring the head light/starter system.