Those were calles Suicide doors when I was a kid. My 6 year old brother was
in the back seat with us when he leaned on the door handle, which opened the
door when you pushed down on it, and was holding onto the door handle, and
the door post between the doors, dangling over the road. Luckily my dad was
going about 10 miles per hour when that happened. We brothers were able to
pull him back into the car and close the door before my dad knew what had
happened. My dad was totally deaf.
Pat
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary McCormick <svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com>
To: Thomas - Sweden <csp311@telia.com>
Cc: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, November 29, 2001 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: S/Brake Switch ??? - "special" options
>Reminds me of the story I read about Stirling Moss and some other race car
drivers going
>out in a 4-door "saloon" with killer doors (or "clap hands" doors, I think
they call them
>in the UK) - Moss was driving, and had the two in the back opening the
doors at strategic
>moments for additional braking. Had to be hell on the door handles - and
this was in the
>days before mandatory seat belts!
>
>Gary McCormick
>San Jose, CA
>
>Thomas - Sweden wrote:
>
>> The trunklid hinges should be at the rear end to make an effective
>> air brake. Dont try this at home ;-)
>>
>> Thomas
>>
>> sidney raper wrote:
>>
>> > Too bad that the 67.5 does not have the S/Brake knob and light. I am
sure
>> > that Phil Hall would figure out some way to make the Speed Brake
functional
>> > by making the airdam become an airbrake.
>> >
>> > Darned NASA guys...... ;-)
>> >
>> > Sidney Raper
>> > 1964 1500
>> > 1967 SRL311 00060
>> > 1967 SRL311 00076
>> > Jacksonville Florida
>> > http://www.geocities.com/roadsternut/index.html
>> >
>> > >From: SPL311RDST@aol.com
>> > >Reply-To: SPL311RDST@aol.com
>> > >To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>> > >Subject: Re: S/Brake Switch ??? - "special" options
>> > >Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 10:29:23 EST
>> > >
>> > >In a message dated 11/28/01 10:25:10 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > My wife asked me that question when we were dating back in '75. I
told
>> > > > her that the "B" stood for Bendix, the people that made very
>> > > > sophisticated electronic gear. It was an automatic steering system
that
>> > > > tracked the lines painted on the road for hands off driving.
>> > >
>> > >Reminds me of when I was driving the 83 280ZX...... My kids were about
6 &
>> > >8
>> > >yo then and were curious about the big lever next to the pass seat (
>> > >parking
>> > >brake). I had them conviced that it was the control for the ejection
seat,
>> > >ala James Bond. I showed them how the T-top would pop off allowing
your
>> > >undesirable passenger to be removed quickly. They knew that one well,
as
>> > >their Mother may have "forced" them to watch silly old movies such as
that.
>> > >They bought the story, and it served well to keep their grubby little
paws
>> > >off of things in the car whilst driving. One day when taking a drive
w/
>> > >my
>> > >dad ( was a 2+2 - we all fit) he started fiddling w/. the button on
the
>> > >end.
>> > >You should have seen the look of terror on their faces... "GRANDPA -
NO
>> > >!!!!! " Their eyes got *t h i s b i g*. They thought he would go
flying
>> > >out of the car - never to be seen again. They dutifuly explained to
him
>> > >just
>> > >what he was doing and why he shouldn't play with that lever. <G>
>> > >
>> > >I finally had to give in and explain to them... but they still think
that
>> > >the
>> > >red light in the roadster is for the Bat-Mobile type smoke screen.
but
>> > >then again.... it could just be leaky valve seals )
>> > >
>> > >Laurie :-)
>> > >70 SPL311
>> > >AzROC
>> > >Chandler, AZ
>> > >
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>> Thomas in Sweden
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>> 1965 Nissan Silvia #293
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