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Camino69
Mar 9th, 06, 10:45 PM
ok this is not reguarding my 69 elk, My wife and I, just bought a 1971 Chev P/U step side,
I noticed it has disc brakes on front, and manual master cyl.
Am i trippin, or can u have manual disc brakes,,
Ive never seen it, so i had to ask.
Thanks,,:)

John68
Mar 9th, 06, 10:57 PM
Yes you can, they just don't work as well as power disk brakes. (in my opinion) You might want to add a power booster to help haul that heavy truck down from speed. :)

Junkyard Dawg
Mar 10th, 06, 12:18 AM
Had an S-10 with non power discs up front.....had a V8 in it too.

Camino69
Mar 10th, 06, 12:34 AM
Had an S-10 with non power discs up front.....had a V8 in it too.


Ohh yeaaa,,lol that truck had to go thru alot of rubber,,hehe ;)
Thanks for the info,,:)

Junkyard Dawg
Mar 10th, 06, 3:12 AM
Ohh yeaaa,,lol that truck had to go thru alot of rubber,,hehe ;)
Thanks for the info,,:)

It did, especially after I installed the posi and the line lock......a friend of mine and I had a section of the road we lived off of where we did our burnouts....all of his were one legged wonders while the really nice long black double marks were mine....:D

Camino69
Mar 10th, 06, 3:46 PM
It did, especially after I installed the posi and the line lock......a friend of mine and I had a section of the road we lived off of where we did our burnouts....all of his were one legged wonders while the really nice long black double marks were mine....:D

Love those dual patches,, Just makes ya feel good all over,,hehe