Brazing is an art and a very good skill to have. Good on you for your new tools. My father used to use coat hangers to braze with, just had the knack.Today I received in the post a new brazing torch and sent my diy oxy turbo gas torch to recycle yard as I fitted a new regulator and now the torch failed the whole thing was just too old to be safe.
Fired up the new torch and proceeded to braise up the steel patch on the left exhaust pipe. It has taken 2 years to do this job and on reflection it would have been better and cheaper to take it to shop, but I like the challenge of learning to braize. I could have done with hubbies mig but buying the gas and wire cost just a bit less then the new torch. Rods and flux are for free when I raid garage.
Looks like a '75 to '78 Chevy pickup, with a 305 and 3-speed manual on the column. V-8 without power brakes is pretty unusual. They probably sold you a Master Cylinder for Power Brakes, which is possibly a smaller bore. I see a line for a mechanical oil gauge going into the firewall, not a common item either.
I grew up in, on, and under 1970's Chevys. It's a gift, or a curse, depending on the situation, lol!
