1974 Chrysler Valiant Regal

So trying to find a master cylinder for an African mopar in the united states is not easy lol! I spent about an hour at our local BAP imports auto parts store trying to find one. Well no dice. We did figure out from the casting number that it crossed over to an early 70's land rover. Well these particular ones were not sold in the states. So. After returning to the shop we started doing some brainstorming. We happened to have a 95 Dakota sitting in the parking lot that has a blown motor. Looking at the master on it we thought hell, let's take it off and see what they look like next to one another. Well the bolt spread was identical to the African car! Basically all we needed to do was drill out the mounting holes a bit bigger and install a short slug inside the bore for the pushrod. The lines on the valiant used a bubble type flare so we needed to reflare the lines. After that she was ready to go!

Take a look at the front brakes. It uses a twin piston caliper and a non vented rotor. I will say that I am not impressed with the brakes lol. It stops ok, but I will be upgrading to the 73 up disk brakes right away. I have the spindles and everything else needed to do it just sitting around, so I may as well put them to use!