Re: Brake pedal bracket
 

I myself always thought they were bare steel, but this is the first time I questioned it.

Re: Brake pedal bracket
 

All of the e-brakes I have taken out of the cars were bare steel with the brake pedal 'dipped' in semi-gloss black paint to almost where it meets the bottom of the e-brake bracket. The housings were definitely bare steel.

On the brake pedals, all but one of the housings I have removed were bare steel and the pedals again dipped in black paint about 1/2 way up the brake pedal arms. Oddly enough, one unrestored Camaro brake pedal housing was dipped in black which I had never seen before.

Pictured is a (Chevelle) e-brake as removed and after restored. Also shown is the brake/clutch pedal.


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Re: Brake pedal bracket
 

I'm going to take a picture of the actual housing tonight and post it up here later. Not that I could afford to have the coating applied. That's if anyone does that?

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That is what I thought but didn't want to argue, we both were trying to help. I used to work in an automobile steering column plant and they used to dip various bare steel parts in a solution to protect the bare steel from rusting during the steering column assembly. I bet GM used the same practice.

Jed this is what I am going to try. Blast the bare steel parts then use my buffing wheel I use for the stainless trim to buff the parts smooth. Not sure how it will work but I am going to try and duplicate that bare steel look also. Then I may try a coat of satin clear to protect the bare steel parts?
Like I said I will also try to get some pictures over the weekend.


Good thread!!!!

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Here is the picture...
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Hey Rick...where did you get that pink paint..from Tibor or Schoney..??

wilma [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Re: Brake pedal bracket
 

Both of my original Novas are bare steel with the black pedals.I would clean them up the best way you can and leave them bare.

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Here are a few more shots, 69 Nova and Camaro. Before and after. Rick is right on... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Rick...don't pay no never mind to that College boy... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...detail/117.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...POPaint113.jpg

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Re: Brake pedal bracket
 

I am so glad for everyones input. This would have drove me nuts.

Jason, I seem to remember someone telling me exactly what you had said. GM dipped the parts in a greasy mix to protect the bare steel and over time it made it look as though they were a gray phosphate.

Mark, what you have pictured is exactly what my parts look like.

And Mike, that looks awsome! How did you do it?? Looks too sweet to be stabbing my feet against those pedals.

Thanks a ton for the pics and information guys!

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Tom, it ain't pink, it's rose primer. Just looks pinkish in the photo flash. This one only Baltimore LS6 had a rose primer as opposed to a red oxide. Likely the plant was using up or mixing some primer to get rid of it as all the other Baltimore cars were red oxide that I have had apart and since I restore them as I find them...........

Jason, that is called 'bonderizing'. We used to do it all the time to bare steel parts when I work in a commercial paint shop. It gives it a very faint rainbow effect and protected the parts long enough to ship them to the end user without flash rusting. The greasy mix you speak of was likely a coating of Cosmoline which was commonly used in the plants.

Nice looking pedals Mike. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]