Next up was to address the brakes. The Wilwood swap a few years ago was a definitive upgrade, but the pedal feel was never what I wanted...the truck would stop fine, but you always needed far more effort than you would expect for a given level of stopping power...almost like an unboosted brake set up. I posted a more thorough thread here:
https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=805668
...but the short version of the story is that I swapped out the factory single diaphragm booster to a dual diaphragm booster, along with some Wilwood "E compound" pads and the additional boost along with the more aggressive brake pads have improved things drastically. It brakes like a new truck. My wife's biggest complain was always how much effort the brakes took (she's 115 lbs, soaking wet, in a denim jump suite) and even she commented the last time she drove the truck how much better the brakes felt. I did need to modify the linkage and bracket slightly, but it did not require drilling any additional holes in the fire wall....again, see the full thread above for complete details.