Technical 32 Model B pickup - Need Help

Also check with MT Products about what type of master cylinder they recommend. If I remember correctly you had something rather weird in there. Remember if you run all 1/4 inch lines it will be easier because you can use all standard 1940 Ford type fittings. I made brackets from angle iron to mount the 1940 type line fittings to the frame. For your information here is the way I mounted my master cylinder. I have a stock K member. I used the stock pedals without modification. I started by bolting a steel plate to the rear of the K member. Symmetrical bolt patterns are nice but I used original bolt locations to avoid drilling new holes. Next I welded a piece of about 4 inch square structural tubing to the plate facing to the rear of the car. At the back I welded a vertical piece to mount the master cylinder. I shaped the rear to accommodate bearing blocks for the shaft that would hold the levers for rods that came from the original pedal ***embly and went to the push rod for the master cylinder. The length of the levers were sized to match the levers on a 1940 brake pedal ***embly. I made a cut out in the bottom to insert the ’39-’48 Ford master cylinder and a cut out in the top to check the fluid. I relocated the battery to a mirror image location on the K member. The master fluid level can be checked through the original battery cover in the floor.

Charlie Stephens

 

How about using Dennis's family's products and you will have a bolt-on solution (master cylinder and mount, brakes ***emblies, and spacer rings for the '32 wire wheels) to your problem. Give him a call and he could send ALL of the parts to you.

Not sure if you have '48 spindles or F1 spindles on there now. Measure the snout from the end to the mounting surface where the backing plate sits. Use this info when ordering from Dennis. No need to replace those spindles if they are '48's. Using original '32 spindles is kind of convoluted for a beginner since they have a big ol knob on the top of the kingpin, which will be right in the way of any hydraulic brakes you decide to use. Just easier to keep the spindles you have and get some brakes to work with them.

 

@Nimbykiller gardner is not far off if you want maybe we can get together and give it a good look and I'll try and help you sort it out. Let me know if thee is anything I can do to help, at least I should be able to point you in the right direction.

 

Help is on the way now. Good boy be

aner!!!

 

My guess is that the spindles are F1 since they don't look like '48 Ford to me but it is a little out of my area of expertise. I am having trouble locating the "big ol knob on top of the kingpin, which will be right in the way of any hydraulic brakes". Attached is a picture of my '32 with original spindles, mechanical brake brackets (for looks) and '46-'48 Ford hydraulics. If you are talking about the knob that houses the mechanical brake linkage it is hollow and could be easily removed.

 

If you go through Richard Lacy (whom I highly recommend) be sure to get the parts shipped direct from the manufacturer to you to save shipping.

Charlie Stephens

 

This whole thread was confusing!
O.K., when first reading the original 4 posts, I was 'amused' at the hand brake locking up the fronts.
But, reading on, I read the front tires were 2.35 X 15! It suddenly began to make sense: The 'hot rod shop' had inadvertently dropped the cab and bed on the frame backwards.

 

If he's going to use the Lincoln style brakes the '32 kingpin's top socket will be in the way of the wheel cylinder. As your pic shows it should work fine with '39-'48 brakes.

I went back in the thread and saw another pic which shows the spindles to probably be '48 p***enger car.

 

I just may take you up on that. I will get with you on the side to work out details.