Reply to "Goldline Brakes"

If your goal is reliability and cruising, then why change from the stock Girlings? They are definitely up for the task and yours have presumably worked well for the last 40+ years.

In my experience, the two best (essential, actually) changes one can make to the stock brakes are:

1) replace the flex lines with braided stainless-wrapped modern hoses, and;
2) replace the stock pads with Porterfield R4-S pads.
I have done both on my white car and the difference was amazing.

If your stock callipers are seizing up (car pulls to one side or doesn't modulate smoothly when applying brakes), then a simple seal kit (and possibly a piston or two if they are pitted) will make them like new. These are surprisingly simple to overhaul/rebuild and don't even require any special tools beyond what you likely already have, plus a compressed air source if the pistons are sticking.

If you can lock up your wheels on hard braking, you probably don't need new callipers UNLESS you will be doing some aggressive driving or track-time. If the later is the case, then the Willwoords, as Scott suggests, is definitely the way to go.

Mark