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General Car Chat / Re: my other car
« on: 06 October 2014, 20:03:36 »changed rubber pipe from pump to wiper motor with reinforced hose=no slowing down of wipersDidn't do me any good, I parked a Consul 357 in a Hedge in Potters Bar in my Teen Youth, was coming up far too fast to a T junction (as you when your young) ended up with total brake failure (Hydraulics) going straight over it in to the hedge, can still see it now, all happening in slow motion.nope its a 1962 ford consul375=got discs on front and power brakes tooThat looks like a Lowline, so post '59ish.
I had the Lowline Zephyr, before which I had a Mk1 Consul, which frankly, was twice the car.
I'm guessing a car that age would have drum brakes all round.
Thing that really pissed me off was I only had the car 2 days, bought it as a run around, as I rolled my Escort 1650 on a roundabout, also in Potters Bar a week earlier.
Only paid £50 for the 357, the two things I do remember was the 3 speed column change and the front bench seats where you ended up in the passenger side if you went around a corner too fast, Oh, and them Inlet Vacuum Powered windscreen wipers that actual slowed down to halt when you put your foot down on the gas.
tried owners forum -but need an answer this year-- So can anyone help---or its gonna end up gone 
Mrs wants car done or scrapped --its that simple to her
