The Ford Barn

N8IWS · 03-28-2023, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by 1942deluxe

Pulled the rear hubs and drums off. Refresh my memory, please. Long shoe goes to the front along with the larger diameter of the wheel cylinder? Whoever did the brakes put the short shoe to the front on both sides. When I did the 42 brakes, they hedged their bets and did one with the short to the front and the other long.

It sounds right. In my 40 plus career as a mechanic, short shoe goes forward to apply pressure first to transfer the leverage to the long shoe.

rustythumb · 03-28-2023, 04:49 PM

if lockheed, long to the front!

Bruce_MO · 03-28-2023, 06:39 PM

Just asking… is that color “modern blue”? It sure looks like the color of my original ‘46 Mercury.

I’m going to be doing bodywork and paint soon, and I want to go back to the original color. I have a couple painted items (spare tire bracket in trunk, etc) that are not faded and weathered, and they are a deeper blue. But the weathered areas look just like this 4-door.

03-28-2023, 04:49 PM	#2
rustythumb Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: orange co. ca. Posts: 178	Re: 1946 Ford Fordor project if lockheed, long to the front!

03-28-2023, 06:39 PM	#3
Bruce_MO Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 532	Re: 1946 Ford Fordor project Just asking… is that color “modern blue”? It sure looks like the color of my original ‘46 Mercury. I’m going to be doing bodywork and paint soon, and I want to go back to the original color. I have a couple painted items (spare tire bracket in trunk, etc) that are not faded and weathered, and they are a deeper blue. But the weathered areas look just like this 4-door.