I'm interested in where this silicone info is going - perhaps it should have its own thread in the restoration forum? A couple of years ago I enquired with a local, very experienced brake man, about whether I should bite the bullet and switch a light crane I have over to silicone brake fluid while I was overhauling the brake system and he flat out said don't touch the stuff. He wouldn't elaborate and seemed to have no love for it. I don't think he was trying to con me in any way. I just don't know whether he was warning me off due to cost, or some other reasons. Prior to that everything I'd heard said it was the go for restored vehicles.
Regards
Alex