By far, most 1966-through-1970 Plymouth and Dodge B-bodies left the factory with manual drum brakes. That in itself could be one of the main factors that contributed to the rarity of these cars. They were really fast but many times if you had to shut-er-down in a hurry, the roadside ditch was a quick option when the drums just couldn’t stop the beast. Under hard braking drum brakes would heat up rather quickly and would experience major brake fade. If you didn’t get brake fade you could lock them up. If you were in gravel or on a wet – or even worse – or icy road, locked up brakes quickly caused many hard impacts. However, if they are in good working order, and you leave a little more room than you leave with your modern, anti-lock, power disc brakes, they will perform as needed.

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