Bullwinkle wrote:
> <<<snip>>>
> And it was questionable how much velocity one
> would want to build up, given the marginal brakes and archaic
> leaf-spring suspension,
> <<<snip>>>
> Very much in error as I believe that at this time the 1948 Ford still used the
> cross laid leaf spring and possibly the mechanical brakes of the Model
>T-Model A
> era. Although Ford might have gone to "juice" brakes in 1946. I know Ford's
> they weren't much of a stopper either at this time.
>
> <<<snip>>>
Careful, Blake! Ford went to hydraulic brakes in 1939. (Not an expert on old
Fords, I just happened to have one of that model. With a full-house '48 Merc,
but
that's a whole 'nother story...)
Bill
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