CAPA conversions for Holden Monaro.
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The brakes fell apart; literally all four disintegrated, as I was driving to get it MoT tested after a long lay up. Very exciting. Couldn't find replacements; recently gave the car away in the hope it would be resurrected. It is totally unique, including the interior, so I wish you well with it.
TimAla said:
The brakes fell apart; literally all four disintegrated, as I was driving to get it MoT tested after a long lay up. Very exciting. Couldn't find replacements; recently gave the car away in the hope it would be resurrected. It is totally unique, including the interior, so I wish you well with it.
fell apart is rather vague.Like what, the discs ? pads ? calipers ? hoses ? something else ? What fell apart, and what is actually needed ?
The original racing brakes were built bespoke especially for the car and I recall they were over £15k in 2003. I'm not sure now when they failed and the car was laid up, but at that time I was not able to replicate them. Had I been able to do so, it would have cost more than the new car I bought my wife in compensation, so I didn't look as hard as I might.
I don't now remember the details, but there was nothing usable left, bearing in mind they were far from 'off the shelf' items and one couldn't mix and match with alternatives.
The original brakes would stop the car very quickly, as was proven when Top Gear raced its sister car against a tricked up Jag and, off camera, the losing Jag went off into the distance and ended up the very, very long grass. Not included in the show, to save Jag's blushes. Unless the new owner is going to use the car as a mildly serious track machine as I occasionally did (with the stone chippings rattling around in nooks and crannies to prove the odd gravel trap encounter) something less expensive would doubtless suffice.
I don't now remember the details, but there was nothing usable left, bearing in mind they were far from 'off the shelf' items and one couldn't mix and match with alternatives.
The original brakes would stop the car very quickly, as was proven when Top Gear raced its sister car against a tricked up Jag and, off camera, the losing Jag went off into the distance and ended up the very, very long grass. Not included in the show, to save Jag's blushes. Unless the new owner is going to use the car as a mildly serious track machine as I occasionally did (with the stone chippings rattling around in nooks and crannies to prove the odd gravel trap encounter) something less expensive would doubtless suffice.
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