Thread: 1989 UHP #396
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Old 05-01-2011, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Griswald View Post
Well, I bought this car to drive, and have decided the braking is terrible. Monster brakes, means bigger wheels. I'm semi torn on my decision. I wouldn't say I'm "hacking" the car up, just bolting on some more modern stuff. I really wanted to keep things original, but I also want to drive it a lot. Power isn't the problem, with the stock motor it's plenty fast around town. Every other car on the road can out-stop me though!!!
Braking has always been barely adequate with rear drums on these cars, but if it was good enough back then for duty use, it should be still ok.

93K is low mileage, too. (or was)

Nice looking car, though.
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