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General => General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion => Topic started by: CougarSE on July 20, 2008, 04:11:41 PM

Title: Factory Manual Brakes?
Post by: CougarSE on July 20, 2008, 04:11:41 PM
Not that I want them, at all but today I seen something odd in a Fairmont.  It had what looked like an Aluminum bracket to bolt a conventional master cylinder to the firewall sans booster of course.  Is this something the mustang crowd would want?  I'll go get it if so.
Title: Factory Manual Brakes?
Post by: vinnietbird on July 20, 2008, 05:41:31 PM
I'll bet someone would want it.Grab it.
Title: Factory Manual Brakes?
Post by: TurboCoupe50 on July 20, 2008, 09:28:15 PM
Was fairly common on some of the older Foxes...

I had a '81 Stang with manual steering and brakes... Really strange part was, it had the 200cid(3.3L) in line six with a 4-speed manual O/D tranny...
Title: Factory Manual Brakes?
Post by: mjbtbrd on July 20, 2008, 10:25:09 PM
i had a mont with manual brakes
Title: Factory Manual Brakes?
Post by: SLEEPER T-BIRD 87 on July 21, 2008, 07:44:36 PM
Quote from: CougarSE;228269
Not that I want them, at all but today I seen something odd in a Fairmont.  It had what looked like an Aluminum bracket to bolt a conventional master cylinder to the firewall sans booster of course.  Is this something the mustang crowd would want?  I'll go get it if so.



It will fit all fox chassis cars

grab it the rod and the master
Title: Factory Manual Brakes?
Post by: HAVI on July 21, 2008, 08:13:22 PM
I might be interested.  I need to do some more research first, though.  But engine room is at a premium, lol.
Title: Factory Manual Brakes?
Post by: *MAYHEM* on July 21, 2008, 09:14:48 PM
Quote from: TurboCoupe50;228317
Was fairly common on some of the older Foxes...
 
I had a '81 Stang with manual steering and brakes... Really strange part was, it had the 200cid(3.3L) in line six with a 4-speed manual O/D tranny...

Typical baseline model during that time. I bought a '79 Pinto same way; 2.3, 4spd, man steer, man brake, heater, AM radio. Nothing else. I have to say, I really liked it that way. I put a stereo in it and all the other options were irrelevant in my book.
Title: Factory Manual Brakes?
Post by: Quietleaf on July 21, 2008, 10:12:02 PM
I had a '72 Torino four-door with manual brakes. My ankle ached the first month I drove it.
Title: Factory Manual Brakes?
Post by: TurboCoupe50 on July 21, 2008, 10:58:23 PM
Quote from: *MAYHEM*;228464
Typical baseline model during that time. I bought a '79 Pinto same way; 2.3, 4spd, man steer, man brake, heater, AM radio. Nothing else. I have to say, I really liked it that way. I put a stereo in it and all the other options were irrelevant in my book.


Read how mine was equipped again....
Title: Factory Manual Brakes?
Post by: thunderjet302 on July 22, 2008, 09:59:11 AM
Quote from: Quietleaf;228471
I had a '72 Torino four-door with manual brakes. My ankle ached the first month I drove it.


Big heavy car+manual brakes= not fun :hick:
Title: Factory Manual Brakes?
Post by: *MAYHEM* on July 22, 2008, 06:07:00 PM
Quote from: TurboCoupe50;228483
Read how mine was equipped again....

Inline 6? It was available in '81 and prob'ly more so than a V6.  A lot of the mustang IIs were built with it and the Pinto had it til its death in '80. I don't know for sure about the mustangs but my brother had a Fairmont with the I6, leaked oil like crazy but ran like a scalded cat.
Title: Factory Manual Brakes?
Post by: TurboCoupe50 on July 22, 2008, 08:36:48 PM
Quote from: *MAYHEM*;228565
Inline 6? It was available in '81 and prob'ly more so than a V6. 


I know it was a factory option in the '79(late)-'81 Stangs but you almost never saw one, especially on a no other option car... Only the early '79s got the 2800 V6, had a '79 Capri with one, and it had almost everything available...

Owned 6-8 Fairmonts and Zephyrs with the 200(but no 4cyl) and one '79 with a 5.0...
Title: Factory Manual Brakes?
Post by: SLEEPER T-BIRD 87 on July 22, 2008, 10:44:59 PM
Quote from: *MAYHEM*;228565
Inline 6? It was available in '81 and prob'ly more so than a V6.  A lot of the mustang IIs were built with it and the Pinto had it til its death in '80. I don't know for sure about the mustangs but my brother had a Fairmont with the I6, leaked oil like crazy but ran like a scalded cat.




There was never an inline 6 in a mustang II or pinto from the factory
Title: Factory Manual Brakes?
Post by: TurboCoupe50 on July 23, 2008, 06:05:23 AM
Quote from: SLEEPER T-BIRD 87;228615
There was never an inline 6 in a mustang II or pinto from the factory

X2... No I6, ever... The 200 was too long to fit in any Pinto or Double Stang...

The earlier Pintos only had 4cyls... First ones had a 1.6L(British) OHV or a OHC 2.0(German)... The US built Lima 2.3 made it's debut in the new '74 Stang II, also available was the German 2.6 V6... This was the only year a V8 was not an option in a Stang... The 302(we weren't calling them 5.0s back then) required the radiator support be moved forward, along with a longer hood...This year(only) you could get the 2.0 or 2.3 in the Pinto(believe the 1.6 was dropped), the 2.0 disappeared for '75, first V6s I remember in the little horse, were the '76 models...
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