Relocating the floor mounted park brake | 356 Speedster, 550 Spyder, Replica, Automotive Community

Jogyver

I have decided to really get innovated with my Speedster. The ongoing project is fabricating a center console that starts beneath the dash and goes all the way to the back seat. The top plate of the console will be polished 304ss. I would like to relocate the floor mount park brake to give my project a nice smooth look. Any suggestion ,ideas and or pictures to share? I will post some pictures of the progress soon.
Joe S.

12/3/034:52 AM

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Jogyver

I have decided to really get innovated with my Speedster. The ongoing project is fabricating a center console that starts beneath the dash and goes all the way to the back seat. The top plate of the console will be polished 304ss. I would like to relocate the floor mount park brake to give my project a nice smooth look. Any suggestion ,ideas and or pictures to share? I will post some pictures of the progress soon.
Joe S.

oldyeler

The hand brake from a 356 is you best bet. But if you can't find that a 1950 ford sedan is so close, it would fool the trained eye it has a chrome tee grip just like the 356 did. However your cable linkage will be hard , best try to use or copy as much 356 cable linkage as you can.

Try Parts Obsolete. They have the year-appropriate handle and linkage you want. Check Dr. Johnson's book too for the correct style.

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