[AT] sliglty OT--farm truck parts IS IT OEM FORD?

[Robert McBride]

I always hated vacuum booster hyd brakes. Bought a used 74 GMC 6000 with that set up and after a couple years 
of trouble free service I started looking for parts to convert it to full air brake system. Did some trading around 
with my employer and  his brother and a friend of theirs. I had a 392 IH engine that I gave my employer and he gave that  to his friend.                              Got a front axle from one, an (82) 2 speed 23000lb rear end from my boss. 
  I had a like new air compressor gathering dust, did a little scrounging for a base for the compressor that
would work on a 366 engine. A few new parts from GM, air tanks from a truck boneyard, a bunch of new air 
lines, a couple of quick release valves. Two new spring brakes and I was ready for the road.
The frame on the GM already had holes in the proper places to mount the air tanks and quick release valves.
No doubt a Ford 600 would be relatively easy to convert to air brakes.

On a side note the rear end I used was from a diesel truck and when I got the old 366 wound up on a level road
I was going a lot faster than the speedometer said. It was a lot of fun doing that conversion though.

Bob McBride, retired from just about everything on the extreme south side of Ottawa




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From: Don Bowen <don.bowen at earthlink.net>
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Subject: Re: [AT] sliglty OT--farm truck parts IS IT OEM FORD?

Several years ago I had a similar problem with a Chevrolet C60.  It needed a
brake booster and a master cylinder and other parts for a complete brake
rebuild.  Other parts were no problem but the booster and master cylinder
were.  At the time my son was just starting out in the parts business and he
took it on as a challenge and a learning experience to find the parts.  He
did find me a booster at a good price but no luck on the master cylinder.  I
wound up finding a local Ford Thunderbird restoration shop that found a
rebuild kit.

Don Bowen  KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html

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