I've started making some progress on some areas of my 64 Coupe DeVille and posting to our 63/64 Cadillac Chapter website at www.6364cadillac.com and thought I might post a few here on the CLC forums.
Here's a quick and easy resto upgrade I just posted tonight at this link: http://6364cadillac.ning.com/profiles/blogs/jason-coupe-deville-resto-rebuilt-original-power-brake-booster-an (http://6364cadillac.ning.com/profiles/blogs/jason-coupe-deville-resto-rebuilt-original-power-brake-booster-an)
I've had a newer aftermarket power brake booster and master cylinder in my 64 Coupe DeVille the past few years and it has very few miles (and on the way to good home now), and has been a great brake setup, but as I continue to restore my car to an "Original Look" this was one of the areas I wanted to return to original in appearance. It is also one of the areas I would get dinged a point or two when I take the car to the Grand National for Judging, and I just like the original setup better anyway! I've had an original rebuilt Delco Morraine waiting to go in my 64 for well over a year and finally got around to installing it this week.
According to the shop manual the Delco Morraine is zinc plated. It doesn't list it as yellow zinc or silver zinc. My booster and master cylinder came silver-grey which is the natural color of zinc anyway so I think I'm in the ballpark! Also looking at Fig 6-10 in the shop manual the cap looks a little lighter and the hold down clamp is black. The cover was scruffed up a bit anyway and painted it with the Tank Tone paint I bought from Eastwood sometime back, and painted the hold down clamp black. I put a washer beneath it to protect the paint until it cures more.
I have a car show this weekend and was a bit nervous about removing and replacing the brakes booster and master cylinder, but all is installed, brake system has been bled and all is working perfectly! I used a vacuum pump to bleed the brakes which was a first for me, and now I'm asking myself why I didn't use this method 30 years ago!
Below are pictures of the aftermarket setup I have had in the car, the rebuilt original Delco Morraine setup I've had waiting in the wings for over a year to installed, and everything installed in the car and ready for this weekend's meet-up and car show with the NC Eastern CLC Members in Clayton, NC.
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Looks beautiful. You did a nice detail job on the engine compartment!
Randy
can I get a part # and brand for the aftermarket set up you had and would you now be interested in selling it
thanks Gerry
I bought the original rebuilt Delco Morraine setup through AutoZone:
Here is the link:
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/parts/_/N-8kn7z?itemIdentifier=739078_0_0_
I believe I bought the aftermarket wire pullover setup also from AutoZone some time back. I could not find my original part #.