Pedal rubbers

[Rubber Bedford]

Respect!

My dad was the first owner of mine. He bought his from the university he worked at when they finished with the fleet after a few years of use in the early 80s. There were tilt seats on the interior walls like a troopy. No seatbelts. He used to take prospective student-teachers to the snow fields on team building excursions.

Then we did family trips up and down the east coast. Great memories.

I even remember the original hubcaps. Gone now.

rubber

[Hobbit]

Cheers Rubber, "Sentimental Attachment" is what I call it. They can be a big part of our lives.
PS: I still have my hubcaps. 

[Vandee]

RESPECT

It was a joke, never understand the aussie people

[Rubber Bedford]

Hi Vandee, I think the use of 'respect' here is just a bit of american gangsterism (?). It has crept in to the vernacular with all the US presidential pride in the media lately.
All I meant was I am in awe of Hobbit's commitment to the Bedford van, having owned it since birth, and still going strong. With the hubcaps as well!
I wasn't saying (as I suspect may have been the interpretation) that some respect was required, or anything like that. It was just a statement of admiration to Hobbit.

: )

Cheers, rubber

[Vandee]

OK my english is not that great, easy to misunderstand

[Postie Bob]

How `bout super-gluing a thong to the pedal  .

[Rubber Bedford]

Any particular brand?


; )

[Postie Bob]

Any brand,ll do .
Just make sure it,s a loose fit ( for emergency braking )    .
On a serious note..... I,m still on the hunt for a good master cylinder .
I,d love to have the `ol girl  up`n`runnin by Easter and the cylinder is all that,s holding me back.

[restoreid]

Hey Postie take your old one in to a brake place & have it rebuilt with a SS sleve Had mine done works fine

[Postie Bob]

I looked into that but one of the lugs where it bolts onto the booster is broken off. They wanted $400 just to resleeve it .  ''ouch'' .
I,m  on the`aged` pension so only got limited funds to sink into my baby .
I,ve always been a `doitmyself `sort of bloke so will keep on scroungin . If the original replacement is a no-go I,ll look into a suitable swap.
Have read up some on the Holden/Ford cylinders/boosters but need to know how hard/easy it is for the changeover. For instance... what about the setup for the pedal to booster rod ?  Can a disc/drum cylinder be used ?  Are the threads on the cylinders and pipes compatable ? It would make life easier if I could see the system in the flesh but I,m a bit out of the way in Pt Pirie . Fact is I,ve only seen one Beddy getting around here .