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Originally Posted by denis4x4
The only reason A's have mechanical brakes while Chevy and Plymouth had hydraulic brakes was due to the fact that Henry was too damn cheap to switch over! By the way, when you use dual cylinder master cylinders, you still have brakes in the event of s cut hose. In 25 years of driving A's with hydraulic brakes, I've never had a leaky wheel cylinder...what am I doing wrong?
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Henry wasn't cheap. When you consider the number and types of parts required for a mechanical system versus a hydraulic system, the cost of mechanicals was probably more expensive.
The key here is that all the mechanical parts must be to factory specs. When they are, mechanicals are arguably superior to hydraulics.
I have done both.