As I get older, reflexes get slower and it becomes more important to have very effective brakes.  I decided to fit vacuum-assisted brakes.  In exchange for two slabs of beer, a friend in Brisbane provided me with a bracket with which to mount a booster under the passenger side of the dashboard. (Click on the pictures above to enlarge them). 

Also included in the deal was a hollow bolt to use as the vacuum source (replacing the stud on the rear of the inlet manifold that provides the mount for the choke cable)

Driving the car around town (where it sometimes seems to be the local sport to do U-Turns from parked positions immediately in the path of passing cars) is far less stressful now!