Just returned from the Nats and noticed that everyone's favorite vendor, "CARS", was selling 1970 power disc brake pedal pad covers less the metal "Buick Disc Brake" for $23,00. I also saw another small vendor selling them for $20.00. That a lot for a flimsy piece of rubber for a brake pedal pad! Save some money and buy one for a 69 Chevelle from any Chevelle vendor for $9.00 retail. Even cheaper wholesale! The Chevelle pedal pad ALSO comes with a "disc brake" metal emblem. The metal emblem IS NOT correct for a Buick however the brake pedal rubber pad is excactly the same as your Buick. Just transfer your "Buick Disc Brake" steel emblem and save over 50% on one part for your restoration. Very seldom is anything really unique in GM when it is as basic as a brake pedal pad.
It is if you're talking Riviera! My '69 brake and parking brake covers each have 2 metal strips on them, one across the top and bottom, but not all the way to the edge. Looks real nice, but not available anywhere I know of.
Mike, That small vender selling the brake pedal pads was me, and I sell them to all the venders, like Cars and Year One, to mention two names. The rubber pad is not the same as a Chevelle pad. It is unique to 69-72 automatic buicks with disc brakes. The pad has a grained rubber area that protrudes through the stainless steel "Disc Brakes by Buick" ring. The Chevelle pads do not have this. The part was developed for the show cars, and because I needed one for my own GSX and could not find a good one. If I ever sell enough of them to sell out the first run of parts I had to make to get the mold done, the price for the parts might go down. Until then, that's the way it is. Duane
Duane, I'm just finishing a disc brake conversion on my'71. Used correct parts for all of it including the brake pedal rubber pad. I beleive this was probably one of yours, very nice job. On this note, do we have a vendors list or link that will encourage members to check first before going to other suppliers? I paid about $65.00 for the pad once it was in my hands. Just add the word "Canada" to any transaction & it just gets silly for shipping, exchange, duty, HST etc.. Started at Y-1 for about $ 20.00. I think I may also have a pair of your sport mirror gaskets. Also to date I have a repro overflow tank, I'm in line for a '71 repro grille ( I think ). I bought a set of NOS sill plates from another member, few other things I just don't recall right now. Would like to see the "Repro Parts" section have a "Check here first" link. No sense sending money to strangers is there?
I stand corrected!!! I went out to the shop and again look carefully at the 69 Chevelle rubber brake pad and "removed" the silver disc brake metal from the Chevelle pad. WHOOPS! It is different! I stand corrected. I neglected to consider the raised portion in the center of the "Buick Disc Brake" center that is NOT in the Chevelle pad. I apologize for the mistake. It was not meant to take any sales from you personally. Just an incorrect observation on my part to save folks restoring their car some money. I should have researched my information before opening my big mouth. Oh well, first mistake I made since lunch today! Have a great day!!!
Mike, I was not worried about losing sales. The only reason I chimed in was to keep the "guys" from buying an incorrect part, throwing it out, and then having to buy a correct one later, thus adding to the cost of a restoration instead of making it cheaper. By the way, you are a bigger man in my book for apologizing like you did. Duane
