Not Fast, just "Less Slow"

I had to move in mid-December so progress has slowed. I really thought I wouldn't be moving until Spring so I kept taking things apart. But now the car is a little over 25 miles away and I have until March 31 to move it.

So the immediate goal is to get 4 wheels/tires on the car so I can push it on a trailer and get it to my current garage. I will put the mighty slant back in with the BH/clutch/trans because that would be easier than trying to move the engine separately. I'm not worried about firing it up just yet.

I still have to bend up one line from the dual MC to the tee on the frame rail. Also, a new line for the LF brake.

I am not using a factory distribution/proportioning/safety valve at all. The front brake line from the MC is going into a small tee I got at a parts store that splits off to each front brake. I made a small bracket to mount it to the frame rail.

The rear MC line goes directly into a Wilwood adjustable proportioning valve then a single line rearward to feed the rear brakes. That's it!

My plan is to drive the car this summer with the 9" drums. As time goes on and I gather parts, I'll most likely upgrade the brakes and with the plumbing I have now it will accommodate anything. Whatever that turns out to be.

Oh yeah, I was there a couple Sundays ago for a very short while and installed the T-bars. I had a nice set of 318/340 .87 diameter bars from my 68 cuda doing nothing so I used those. (stock is .83) That may not sound like much but it's a 17% increase because the torsional resistance of a round bar increases by the 4th power of the diameter. (.83 to the 4th power compared to .87 to the 4th)