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frozen brake pads

no.1965 made it to it's new home late yesterday evening, and in retaliation for the climate change from arizona-it killed it's battery which was resurrected by an overnight charge. in addition 1965 asked to be covered with a blanket for the night because it was used to arizona warmth and not chicago cold.

so, after a nice warm up today, gotta take the car for a drive. after about 10 miles of typical urban driving, something started feeling funny and shortly, the car just stopped-the front disk pads were locked up, disks hot as hell, and wheels warm enough to fry eggs on. after the disks cooled down (about 20 minutes of standing in the righthand lane on a busy 4 lane state highway), they loosened up and the car was driven home (about a mile) and the pads locked up again in the driveway. another cool down, and into the garage we went.

this vehicle had substantial work done on it in the last year by the prior owner who was/is a member of this forum. also, i had gone to arizona and driven the car prior to purchase for 20-30 miles with no problems.

helpp!!!!, some troubleshooting ideas would be really appreciated.

nazgul
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