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Originally Posted by boostmaster
I have been told by the restoration shop that they own some older cars and that they still maintain the 4 wheel drums and the cars stop fine... Not sure how but, that's I'm working with... I don't even have a brake booster...
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I have a 66 GTO with manual drum brakes all around. Quite a bit more pedal effort is required than with power brakes, but for normal driving around town, they work just fine. They even work pretty well coming down from high speed in an emergency, but they get hot and fade quicker than disc brakes. They will not stop you as quickly and repeatedly as the brakes in any modern car, though, no doubt about it.
My car also has manual steering, so the driving experience is totally different from any modern car. If you want this car to be original, and to feel different from a modern car, I say keep the 4-wheel manual drums.
If you are not really interested in keeping it original, and want better performance, go for one of the upgrade options previously mentioned in this thread.
I do not think you ever mentioned where you found the car? Looks like it had been sitting somewhere for a while.
Good luck with the project!