Re: Manual brake conversion
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There may have been a hydraulic system installed on one of the car shows and I know they have also featured the Electroboost setups.
Craig's old Panther site featured the work done by his friend Paul adapting a hydraulic boost unit on a 56 Executive. No idea if the aftermarket places had them so readily available at that time because I think his was adapted from a Continental. At any rate he said it worked very well. While the Hydro systems are much smaller than the vacuum booster and will most likely fit under the floor of a standard suspension car without too much issue, they still require a ratio or about 4:1 and not the 1:1 BTVs use that so many wanting modern brakes are trying to work around.
Posted on: 2021/5/1 12:57
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Re: Manual brake conversion
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You're right. I keep flip flopping around trying to get to the bottom of this. Really, the best way to approach this is with the master under the floor. Assisted or unassisted, that arrangement will provide the best leverage. I'll keep moving forward with this setup and see what I can figure out. Quote:
Yeah, with the placement of the original setup, and the 1:1 ratio, I think its pretty much impossible to get something to work safely and correctly. Even for the people that have put a small booster where the original setup was, if vacuum vanishes, they're going to be in a hard place. Quote:
There was actually a video on Youtube where a 53 was up on a 2 post lift and the tech was showing the brake setup that they had installed for the customer. It was a GM hydroboost mounted under the floor and was tied into the factory power steering pump. It looked like it was very nicely done. I've tried looking for the video recently but I can't seem to find it for the life of me. If I do, I'll post it here. EDIT: I found the video. https://transmissionadapters.com/blogs/blog/glen-kohouts-1953-packard-convertible Is Glen Kohouts a member here? -Chris
Posted on: 2021/5/4 10:31
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Re: Manual brake conversion
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Update:
The pictures I posted earlier in this thread were from an expired ebay listing I found on google. I reached out to the seller to ask some questions about the setup and it turns out he still had the everything from that listing. After talking back and fourth for last 2-3 weeks, I ended up purchasing the setup from him. I do believe it to be a 55-56 TL manual clutch / brake setup based on all the Packard part plates I've looked at. I've talked to numerous people on and offline regarding acquiring this setup, and everyone pretty much said that this setup was incredibly rare and very uncommon. I had three different people tell me that in there 40+ years of playing with Packards, or parting them out, they had never seen this setup in person. So, if this is what I believe it to be, I got pretty darn lucky. Right now I'm in the process of putting up a 28x40 shop in my backyard, so I won't be able to really look into everything until all the dust has settled on this project. The plan in my head is to figure out what will be needed to adapt this setup to work on my 53, see if I'm able to simplify the setup, and recreate it to help others. I'd really like to put this whole Treadle-Vac / single circuit master issue to bed once and for all. Attached are some better pictures of the setup so you all can see what I'm working with. If anyone has any advice or suggestions I'd love to hear 'em. -Chris Attach file: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
Posted on: 2021/5/17 13:07
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