Re: Converting BTV to manual brakes...

Posted by HH56 On 2017/2/5 19:45:08

If Ross or one of the others can't help with a 55-6 manual setup from a parts car it should be possible to adapt a universal street rod manual brake pedal assy. Some bolt to the frame and others weld. Depending on the construction of the street rod setup, one thing that might have to be worked around is the torsion bar. With some small mods it could be made to look almost stock inside the car.

A complete 51-4 parts car assy is probably more plentiful but I don't know what all is involved in changes or if anyone has adapted the setup to a 55-6. The master cylinder is mounted on the L frame rail forward of the pedal assy in 51-4. Because of the torsion bar it is locarted more in the center of the car and to the rear of the pedal assy in 55-6. That would require a change of geometry and mounting position for the actuating rod if trying to adapt the earlier unit.

The dual master should be doable with either setup. Several have done it by making a small L shaped adapter plate to bolt into the single cylinder bolt holes and have the dual cylinder mount to the adapter.