I think the 40 Ford had the first juice brakes. I could be wrong. 1942 Ford production was like any other car production until December when the companies were told that production would stop in February 42. I think they cranked out quite a few because of anticipation of a coming war. Joe Fulton Salinas,CA --- On Thu, 10/23/08, Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [Amc-list] old cars suck, but new ones are worse > To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 9:12 PM > " From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx > " > he may have said '42, but that was a > war-production-controlled year > and not likely. i always heard that '48 was the first > year for juice > brakes and the last for the old chassis. > > there's a fellow in hemmings that has a high > compression [8:1] ricardo > turbulent chamber iron head for the a that he says is good > for 80hp > with little else. probably best used on a 'model > c' [5-main pressure > lube] block. > -- > i'll never get to any of the cool car ideas i've > had - heck, i'm > trimming my 'fleet' even further now! anyone want > my '68 american? > ________________________________________________________________________ > Andrew Hay the genius > nature > internet rambler is to see what > all have seen > adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what > none thought > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list