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Guess I should tell everyone that George carnut McDowell passed away yesterday 8-10-18  He had cancer real bad with no cure.
He overdosed with pain pills about 3:30 yesterday.

If you havent done this then you never worked aircraft.

I built mine because I was tired of paying  $75.00 - $100.00 for motels.  A campground was about $10.00 - 20.00 per night.  It has a queen size bed, & a full kitchen in the back.  It weighed about 1500 lbs. & my small block cars towed it fine.
The only drawback was no bathroom.  When your old like me its a long walk to the restroom two or three times a night.  I got too old  to go on rod runs so I sold it.

All right, you talked me into it. Come down next week & we will see how many pieces it will come in.

My buddy the carnut wants me to chop out the roll-bar on his PT convertable .  Has anyone done this?  Is it a part of the body braceing?  Is it going to get floppy if I cut it out?  Thanks for any help..

Have removed the stainless trim around the windows on my 40 Olds & over half of the little clips broke in half from rust.  Anyone know where I could buy some?  I used some plastic ones on my 40 Chevy but they dont work very good.

I just noticed that I never responded to how I fixed this mess.
I put in a adjustable preprotioning valve and a T-fitting for the front breaks.  Had the MC off to reach the plumbing.  Started reinstalling it & noticed A gap between the MC & the booster. Very gently slideing the MC on until I feel it hit the push rod.  Almost 3/16 gap. There is an adjustment in that booster. FUN FUN A bolt & a lock nut down in the bottom of that hole.
The brakes work so much better. Thanks guys...

I paid 1.82 in Wichita. In the stab and stickem district, I saw a 1.76 sign.

I just filled up @ $1.52

What is a reaction disc?

OK started playing with the brakes again today.  The rear end is a 68-69 Firebird with 9 1/2" drums, every thing looks & checks fine. Shoes installed right, no play on the bearings.  Drums are nice & round and almost new shoes. Got it out on my dirt street & had a buddy watch. I have never locked them that hard before. The back seams to work fine.  It is the front that locks. Mainly the right front.  (1980 Z-28 sub-frame.  Up on jacks the right turns with a little drag. The left spins easy with no drag.  Have checked both brake lines & found no damage. Both seem to bleed easy. Rotors both look good & turn looking round. (no run out)  Hoses look good & are fairly new. Caliper on the right is new. (Putting new on the left monday)  
 Have never liked GM proportioning valves. First thing I am going to do is install a T fitting on the front lines & an adjustable valve on the rear. Then replace both front lines. If that dont fix it then send it to scrap heap.
I have a dual diaphram booster & 1 1/8" bore MC.  Do I need to go to a single diaphram & a 1" bore MC ?  They are on the firewall.

The free play is on the push rod. 1/8   Have gotten so mad at this mess cant play with it any more its time to walk away & cool down. maybe next week.

Thanks Wayne, I will check all that but will take a couple of days. Will post as soon as I can.  Thanks again.

Ran a vacuum  test on the hose going to the booster & got 18 lbs.  When I pulled the hose off the booster you could hear it suck vacuum, so no leak. I checked the push rod when I did the petal ratio. About 1/8 free play.

My 40 Olds 4-dr has had brake trouble since day one.  Soft petal the first inch then almost lock-up.  I am used to it & know how to make them work. Then the wife wanted to drive it. No way am I turning her loose in it. I put a new master cyl on  . No change, New power booster, no change. Checked the petal ratio, was off a little, changed it to 4 to 1 ratio, no change. New GM style proportioning valve, No change.
This is a 1980 camero sub-frame with disc & a GM rear of about the same year. rear (shoes) It has a Corvette master 1 1/8 bore, A dual diaphragm booster, & a GM proportioning valve. I am going to a adjustable proportioning valve.  Do I need a 1" master cyl ?  A single diaphragm booster?  I am to the point of making a big pile of brake parts in the floor & starting over from scratch.  Thanks for any help.

T vicky what caliper are you using for that swap?

Am using the 97 Dodge Intrepid rotor with 76 nova calipers.