Instead of bleeding the brakes on the '36 my son suggested I try this method as described in the accompanying link. Wedged a 2X4 between brake pedal and backside of steering wheel as tightly as I could after pumping the brakes a couple times and left it overnight, next morning brake pedal was hard. Almost like magic.
https://forum.wscc.co.uk/forum/topic...p/brake2x4.jpg