1966 Caliente Parking Brake
Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 7:08 pm
Howdy everyone.
In an attempt to make my Caliente street legal here in Texas, it needs to have a parking brake. Thankfully, because of it's age, the rest of the restrictions to get it "legal" are fairly minimal. However, when I bought the car last year it didn't have a parking brake in it.
From my research, it seems that it was a foot operated one with a release under the dash on the the drivers side. That's all fine and good, but I've had very little success parting out that exact year and model assembly. At this point I have nothing for the brake assembly, no cables, no detents, etc.
I'm happy with an aftermarket parking brake, but I'm curious what other comet owners have used if they've had to re-install a parking brake control in their rides.
I'm not opposed to having a hand operated brake near the stick shift, although I would prefer to have it as close to where it was when it came off the line. Would a mustang, or a fairlaine/torino assembly drop in to my comet fairly easy?
Thanks in advance.
In an attempt to make my Caliente street legal here in Texas, it needs to have a parking brake. Thankfully, because of it's age, the rest of the restrictions to get it "legal" are fairly minimal. However, when I bought the car last year it didn't have a parking brake in it.
From my research, it seems that it was a foot operated one with a release under the dash on the the drivers side. That's all fine and good, but I've had very little success parting out that exact year and model assembly. At this point I have nothing for the brake assembly, no cables, no detents, etc.
I'm happy with an aftermarket parking brake, but I'm curious what other comet owners have used if they've had to re-install a parking brake control in their rides.
I'm not opposed to having a hand operated brake near the stick shift, although I would prefer to have it as close to where it was when it came off the line. Would a mustang, or a fairlaine/torino assembly drop in to my comet fairly easy?
Thanks in advance.