![]() They confirmed that someone along the way (the booster was a remanufactured unit) had installed a pushrod from a newer booster, and they couldn’t believe it worked correctly. Unfortunately, upon reassembly, some clearance specifications didn’t check out, and not wanting to take a chance with my brakes, I sent the booster to them to repair. I began the brake booster rectification project by purchasing a rebuild kit from Harmon Classic Brakes in Georgia. As you may expect, the problems took some sorting out. Burned distributor cap contacts and high tension leads conspired with a ripped brake booster bellows to ensure I almost didn’t make it home. In an essay to his son titled “On Duties,” famous Roman orator and senator Marcus Tullius Cicero said that “no phase of life…can be without its moral duty.” While keeping a ’63 Thunderbird on the road has nothing to do with morals, it has everything to do with phasing, as I discovered during a marathon tinkering session over the 2022 driving season.Ībout a year ago, I wrote about a fun trip down to the home of Ford Motor Company with my Bullet Bird, and the ensuing debacle that proved that it is numbered among the malcontents of my antique car fleet. Given the propensity for my mind to wander, we’ll see how it goes. ![]() In anticipation of a new COAL subject coming soon, I plan to update my fleet adventures of the past year or so. ![]()
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