I'm quitting RC, for this... 1929 Landau

[Road America]

What kind of fuel pump does it have? I know some old Chevys (don't remember what years) had some sort of kooky vacuum system for drawing gas from the tank. There was a canister with some complicated valve stuff on the firewall. I never knew how they worked.

 

[HPIguy]

Yeah, I didn't of sand blasting. Great idea, as well as a media blasting cabinet for the smaller stuff.

 

[WRM]

I want to hear that horn!

 

[HPIguy]

I want to hear that horn!

OOOOOga horn or GTFO!!

 

[WRM]

My buddy had a dual-trumpet airhorn on the deck of his Chris-Craft and I loved hearing it echo off the bluffs on a quiet Mississippi River morning. Thought about putting one in my car but never got there. Not sure if that one is air or electric?...

 

[slw2206]

Brakes move now Need some adjustments to the wheel links, but I think I'll pull the tires so I can inspect and clean from the hubs back to the main shaft.

 

[slw2206]

Well the brake shafts work great now. Time to move down the line to the brakes. These look like they've been neglected for awhile. Everything moves and the springs return, but I think I'm going to put new pads on regardless.
Never changed mechanical brakes before, but you gotta learn sometime

 

[dustyroller]

I’m glad you are still posting on here, I love the progress you are making!

 

[Alwaysonauto]

Yeah, me too. I didn't know it had brakes like that on it. Not expanding shoe but contracting shoe brakes.
What condition is the drum they contract onto in?
Take lots of pictures, both for us and yourself for putting them back together again.

 

[Burnzone]

This is looking like fun! Enjoy the pics yeah those brakes are something else... contracting and I bet that's the good ole days of relining them and reinstalling...

 

[slw2206]

Here's some more pics of the brakes. Linings top and bottom that "clamp" around the outside.

Lining is riveted to the plate, so if I have to change these I'll need a rivet gun (and brass rivets if I want to be original).

I dont know if the brakes have been touched since 1954 so I'm going to replace out of caution.

First though, I want to get this hub off. So far it won't budge and I dont have a puller.

 

[Alwaysonauto]

Can you post a picture of the surface of the brake shoes?
The linings don't appear to be in need of replacement if the material isn't crumbling to the touch, at least in my opinion.

 

[Alwaysonauto]

The hub is probably on a keyed taper. You could easily make a puller out of a piece of flat steel. It needs to be big enough to span the wheel studs.
Once you get pressure exerted on the hub in an outward pulling motion a rag with a dead blow hammer on the drum would probably pop it off.