Bamamav's 1947 Lincoln Club Coupe build

[Bamamav]

Other side went a little easier since it was now fresh in my mind how to do it.
Old stuff:


And the new:


And now, onto the lines. A few posts back ,I showed the rear line in place loose. Here it is now, connected and bent and in the hangers:


At the "T":

[Bamamav]

Now, I needed a way to fasten the "T" so that only the flex line moves, and not the solid lines:


I decided to bend up a small sheetmetal bracket:


I then loosened up the U bolt and slipped the bracket under it with the "T" inside:



Now the flex line is the only one to move. I still have to fasten the lines to the frame going forward, I'll get to that next time. That's all for today, folks!

[Torchie]

Been a rough winter for a lot of people I'm afraid. And it's not over yet.
Keep at it Bama.
Torchie.

[BlueNorther]

I don't want to rain on your parade, but you need to take the brakes apart and put the shoes in their correct locations.

look at the picture of the old brakes and notice the shoe with the shorter friction material is on the front side????

you have both "short" shoes on the left side and both "long shoes on the right side.

they need to be in the short/front and rear/long positions to have a self-actuating effect.

other than that it's looking better all the time, keep at it!!

[MercuryMac]

Damn fine car you have there, and getting finer by the day.
Bluenorther is right about the brake shoes, the back one has to have more lining on it, because, when you apply the brakes, the front shoe grabs the drum and turns a little bit with it, forcing the rear shoe onto the drum even harder. The rear shoe can't turn in the wheel because the anchor pin holds it. The rear shoe does the bulk of the braking so it has to be longer.
Keep on tinkering.

[Bamamav]

Well I be dang! I sure do! Good eyes, glad you noticed that! I had totally forgotten the long shoe-short shoe thing it has been so long since I fooled with drums. I didn't even look at them, just took them out of the box and compared them to the old shoes to confirm the right size, then stuck them on. I was more concerned with getting all the springs right....

Well, I guess this week I get to go through all the spring stretching crap again. Everything else I have has 4 wheel discs, I haven't done a drum brake in years. And I was so proud of myself for doing such a good job.....

Thanks again for pointing that out. I would have had braking problems and wouldn't have ever thought of that being the cause.

[Old Iron]

Bama, I don't see the spreader bar with the spring on it here either.
It just might be hidden



Like this one

[Bamamav]

The spreader bar and spring are there, just hidden by the axle. I had to fight those buggers,, too. No self adjusters though, it diddn 't have any either side. Pretty sure thr fronts won 't have any, so i will have to keep them adjusted manualy, no big deal.

[1952B3b23]

I just discovered this thread, super cool car. Great work Bam!

-Chris

[MercuryMac]

Hi Bam, I was doing some serious research last night [flipping through old hotrod magazines] and I proved to myself that if this car would have been a '41 like the ad said, you would have the best looking car, in the world. Those swoopy '41 grilles are 'to die for'. Can you put a '41 front end on there or is it more my dream than yours?
Keep on tinkering.