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I think that is what Jose was saying. It looks like the car originally had power disc brakes. Later, it had drums swapped from a manual drum car. Is that right Jose?
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The booster seems to be the only part of the front brakes that would pass as original to the car and like Jon said is for disc brakes. It is clear the current master cylinder and front drums are not original to the car. As much as I wanted the car to have factory disc brakes all along, it is nice to find evidence it could have been a disc brake car from the beginning. I've been patiently waiting for a response from Alan who may be able to confirm what brakes were on the car in 1980. I did find the contact information of Ron Perry who worked at Bobb Chevrolet who may have sold the car when new, but I haven't had a call or message back. I tried calling again and it went straight to his personal voicemail greeting. Oh well. He stated on an old Facebook post he worked at the dealership since the 60's and that's when I tried to make contact. I also found a Bobb Chevrolet Pace car image with his name on it. Last edited by jbtech; 10-03-2021 at 10:33 PM. |
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I like that shot of the pace car. Here is a photo of a '67 Z hillclimb car, a '67 A/Sedan road racer, both with Bobb sponsorship, and a Bobb dealership emblem.
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Here are a few more discoveries from the car: I've discovered the front drum brakes are actually first gen Firebird. The steering box/pitman arm is from a 1969 Z28. Date B309B (I've seen one other box with the 8 misstamped as a "B") Pitman 3953227 It's just under 4 turns lock to lock so my guess it's the standard Z28 box with mismatched steering arms/idler arm. The crossmember/frame stands are correct for 67/68 396 |
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