Brake Pedal

[Samplingman]

I thought I’d do something easy this morning, like choose which of the three brake pedal assmblies I will instal in the vert. Of course, what seems easy, is never easy. I have two from 1970 and one from 1973. The upper mounting bracket is the same on all three, the ‘73 requiring the least work at refinishing, so that’s a no-brainer.

Then I took a look at the pedals.

From left to right, ‘70, ‘70, and ‘73.

Ok, so the ‘73 is out. The odd-ball bend is probably to accommodate for the vacuum parking brake release.

Then, I just had to turn over the two from ‘70. WTF?

I never would have guessed that the tread was adjustable at some point. I will most likely go with the fixed tread, since my OCD will never allow me to find the right adjustment, but then again, which one is right for a late build 1970??

 

[detmatt]

I’d personally go for the 1 in the very last pic.

 

[traintech55]

It is so hard to figure out which of the 1970 pedals would be correct. Chrysler had a big habit of mid-year part change overs. Good time to figure out your build date then look at the part books.

 

[commando1]

This one.

 

[Samplingman]

And the plot thickens! This is the one in the parts car, build date 10/30/69, BUT it is a power drum car. The build date of the vert is 6/11/70. One of these is the original to the car, I’m going with the non-adjustable one.

 

[Samplingman]

This one.

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LOL, never will get the attraction of this setup in these cars! Way too much work for cruising around on a sunny afternoon.

 

[Big_John]

Walked out to the garage and snapped a pic of my '70 300 vert. January 8th build date.

 

[Samplingman]

Thanks, John. Anyone with a '69 want to chime in? My guess is the adjustable tread is early build/'69 carryover.

 

[furylover]

so i'm off topic on this thread just a little, put i added a power booster to my car. however it is a manual transmission. i have searched the junkyards for a pedal cluster that combines the clutch with the bolt pattern on the booster. i have looked at literally 40-50 c bodies and never found this combination. Did it even exist or am i searching for the impossible? i find that hard to believe, am i missing something?