fordomanic
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- Oct 25, 2007
- Thunderbird Year
- 1957
Should the power brake booster on a '57 be black or natural finish (I often see both on these cars)?
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Interesting, but I know for a fact that the casting on early '57 has never been painted. Is it possible they quit painting it for '57. The pictures in Ray Miller's " Thunderbird " are all B/W so hard to tell. I would think that anything that could come in contact with brake fluid would not be painted. Same as the M/C.This information is from the Thunderbird Restoration Manual.
doug7740
1955 Thunderbird
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Not because of a leak but in the bleeding process. Funny thing also my brake pedal doesn't have the chrome center band but just raised rubber letters with 'power brake' I have switched that out but with the wear on it, it looks original and listed on the factory invoice so not dealer installed.I’m guessing that a properly working brake booster won’t leak so….they painted it? Like I said….the ‘56 looks … again “LOOKS” original , has the tag on it and works a poorly as the ‘57 and it’s that gold cad color but aged.
Looking at page 168 of Ray Miller’s book it is hard to tell what color the booster is, even the brake line looks black.Interesting, but I know for a fact that the casting on early '57 has never been painted. Is it possible they quit painting it for '57. The pictures in Ray Miller's " Thunderbird " are all B/W so hard to tell. I would think that anything that could come in contact with brake fluid would not be painted. Same as the M/C.