As long as you stay away from the small diameter brake boosters. The 7" and even most 8" dual vacuum boosters are pretty worthless. On a street rod, I would probably set up a dual reservoir master with out power assist, just be sure the brake pedal has the proper ratio for non-power brakes. Power brakes on a street rod don't seem to make much difference. Most people buy those junk 7" booster, Corvette master, pedal bracket and pedal assemblies on line and can't figure why the brakes are crap. Its because those setups are junk, the boosters don't work, the master is for the soft pedal GM calipers, and the pedal ratio is way off. Don't waste your money.

Why?

OP was rather clear IMO, "My question was was more towards 60's & 70's STREET DRIVEN cars that rarely if EVER see any track use."

you are the one who took it to a 51 with "non-self energizing and non-self adjusting drums" , "whole package".

Maybe you ought to learn the basic concept of cause and effect. The "My question was was more towards 60's & 70's STREET DRIVEN cars that rarely if EVER see any track use." came in response to my comment about the 51, not before it. The original question was



And my response was perfectly in line with that.

Your response was also inaccurate in regards to the factory setup of my 51, hence the BOLDED text and the comment to try again.

what was the diameter of a stock 73 A body booster with discs on the front ? i believe those were just a single diaphragm booster.
they were sort of small. i'm thinking of the ones you could take apart with the band around the two halves.

I will see and take a picture as well. My car is an H-code all stock front disk yes i left it stock. Build date is very late for 1973 door sticker says 8-73. Has a few 1974 parts on it.

This is the one that came on.the car new. I original local to us owner sold the car to a friend of mine. He and his son drove it some time, and he sold it to me. Other than s color change from Gold to B5 Blue and spoke wheels the car was not molested. Well not unroll I brought it.
9 inches across. I do have a new 25 to put back on it someplace.

Thanks for the reminder, I've had them on a track car, the builder left off the park brake mechanism, totally forgot how the oem expected them to work!
So you push them all the way in when installing new pads then adjust the piston out to get the amount of drag you want.

I believe you screw the piston in, put in new pads and work the parking brake by hand to tighten it up if needed. I have used a small crescent wrench on the lever in the past.

There should be two holes in the face of the piston to allow you to use a spanner to screw the piston in. I've used two small bolts and a screwdriver to substitute for the spanner.

thanks !
i thought it might be bigger than those universal kits. now i know. thanks again !

Maybe you ought to learn the basic concept of cause and effect. The "My question was was more towards 60's & 70's STREET DRIVEN cars that rarely if EVER see any track use." came in response to my comment about the 51, not before it. The original question was



And my response was perfectly in line with that.

Your response was also inaccurate in regards to the factory setup of my 51, hence the BOLDED text and the comment to try again.

What, you are hiding behind my tire size I mentioned in a question might be .5 off or so? Really?

Dude, learn to quote, I am running P255/50R17's, which is in my build thread here on MoParts. Nowhere near the stock size and NO your response was not in line with the OP's original question and my response to that. Nor was it relevant to the OP's follow up clarification.

It was an attempt to imply a sense of knowledge you do not possess. BTW, the stock tire size for my 51 are 6.70x15.

4 wheel disk was stock standard on 74 & 75 Imperials, optional on NYer at least in 76. I’ve panicked a couple passengers when intentionally hitting them a bit late and still stopping short. Transplanted the setup in to one of my Chargers and have another stashed. FWIW: they used B body front calipers on the back.