SECTION 1 - Engine Compartment
Safety Brake Reservoir
A little known accessory
that was available in 1956
was the Safety Break
Reservoir. This unit
provided a convenient
method of checking the
master cylinder brake fluid
level. The normal method
of checking the master
cylinder was to remove the
screws holding the edge of the carpet to the floor, fold back the
carpet to expose the access hole cover, and get to the master
cylinder through that access point.
The Safety Brake Reservoir mounted under the
hood, with a glass jar offering easy visibility of
the fluid level. The part # for this unit was
SP50049 which would indicate it was also
available for Packard models.
The instructions did not indicate any particular
mounting location, but the few I have seen were
mounted on the driver side firewall near the
battery. The photo at the left shows a typical
mounting location.
Adding fluid was a simple matter of unscrewing
the bottle refilling it to the proper level. An easy
to remove and reinstall retainer clip attached to
the rear bracket, wrapped under the glass jar and
up the front where it slipped into a slot on the upper bracket.
On cars equipped with the manual transmission,
the overdrive kickdown made this location
unsuitable. One manual transmission equipped
car had the unit mounted on the passenger side
of the firewall.
Only twelve Golden Hawks for 1956 came
equipped with the Safety Brake Reservoir, and
all of them were exported. Four cars were
shipped to Paris France, and the remaining
eight went to Lugano Switzerland.
Reference Source
SP50049 Installation Instructions.
1956 Golden Hawk Production orders.
Studebaker Revised and Expanded Specifications Page 13.
Last Update - July 2, 2018
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