Parking brakes on a 38 with juice brakes

[Beltfed]

It was a real bear to fab up but I didn't toast an original part to make it work.  

Now if I can get that guy in North Carolina to ship my floor pans.  Heck, its only been 2-1/2 years since I paid for them.

 

Edited January 1, 2017 by Beltfed (see edit history)

[oldstyle]

Nice addition! I didn't know the 38 didn't have emergency brakes.

[Beltfed]

Well, actually the 38 and earlier did have a parking brake.  But, the parking brake shared the same cable to the rear as the foot brake.  They were tied together buy a rotating shaft that connected to both.  So when you change over to hydraulic brakes you need to add the parking brake. Yeah I know, it's 1938 and Ford and its sister company are still using cable brakes.  We've all heard the stories about Henry and his resistance to change.  Some guys are just fine with the cable system but I now own a cell phone, computer, and a couple of LED televisions but no car trailer.

[larry butcher]

Beltfed-- That looks real neat ! At car shows I tell people I have 4 wheel parking brakes---- they can't believe it.  The long wait you

are dealing with for the new floor sections is why I'am hammering out mine for the '48 LC I'am working on. Almost done.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

[Beltfed]

Never thought of it that way but yes indeed, you really do.  Maybe, just maybe, if my car buddies didn't tell me that I dive my old cars like I stole them, I would have kept the cables.  Also, my father-in-law after bomber service in WWII, got a job repairing aircraft on the coast of Mississippi.  He drove a '37 Ford back and forth to East Tennessee on weekends.  His horror stories about those brakes were firmly implanted in my brain.