When we first put the '46 roadster pickup together, we used the rearend from a junk '82 Caprice, complete with the stock triangulated four-link and antiroll bar, although the emergency brake cables ...
Of course an e-brake is not just for use in emergencies, but useful when parking, especially on a hill, or to stop a car from moving when it's started in gear because there's no neutral safety switch ...
Let's face it: Some designs just weren't good, regardless of how many different ways Ford passed them along to us 40 years ago. Flaws such as leaking cowl vents, flimsy door and window mechanisms, ...