Wish I had seen this before now. When you get tired of the rock hard brakes try a master cylinder for a '74 Charger with manual disc brakes. Put one on every Mopar I've owned since 1977. That's when I traded in my '74 Charger. The most recent swap was 2007 on a '66 Valiant and the master cylinder was 24 bucks at Advance Auto Parts.