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Originally Posted by Jeff9962
The single most annoying thing about watching that show was his brake test. Let me go flat spot a set of tires to see if the brakes work, brilliant! I'm old enough that I've owned 4 wheel drum brake cars so I understand the concept of actually having to adjust brakes and that's not how you check them.
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When dealing with old cars your also dealing with rusty brake lines, old seals and rubber. It is better to blow out on a test with no cars around. When I was restoring a Firebird I did hard stop, blew a rusty line out. Replaced all the lines with stainless. Its more imperative to ensure old brakes work, then when the cars were newer.