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Re: Rear Disc Brakes/Asteroids

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Subject: Re: Rear Disc Brakes/Asteroids
From: smith007@mindspring.com (Phil Smith)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 19:48:12 -0500
>Ross,
>I just Pray that In 30 years, I will be around to be concerned at the
>time.
>
>Joe Curry
>
>Ross Vincenti wrote:
>>
>>      Scions - I have been following this thread closely lately and
>>      something just occurred to me today (okay, I never said I caught on to
>>      things very quickly).
>>
>>      Namely, there are a LOT of modern cars with 4 wheel disc brakes out
>>      there and not all of them use the "drum/disc" combo unit for the
>>      parking brake - so how do they set up the parking brake system?  I
>>      suppose if I felt like it I could crawl under the Honda Prelude
>>      tonight and look at that set up, but frankly I'm just too damn lazy
>>      (and old).  Any of you young guys want to crawl under your cars
>>      tonight and report back tomorrow?  Thoughts/comments?
>>
>>      On another note, I heard the news report this morning while getting
>>      dressed for work about the asteroid that will hit Earth in about 30
>>      years and possibly cause another ice age.  At first I thought the
>>      newscaster said "hemmoroid" which caused me to do a double take and
>>      turn up the sound as the thought of a giant hemmoroid smashing into
>>      Earth is a bit unnerving.  But then I realized he said asteroid and I
>>      calmed down.  Look at it this way, all you list members who like to
>>      drive in cold weather will have a ball!
>>
>>      Ross D. Vincenti
>>      64 Spitfire 4
>>      64 Porsche 356C Coupe
>
>--
>"Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible
> to travel across the country coast to coast without seeing
> anything." -- Charles Kuralt

God I hope my car is ready by then?


 Phil Smith
   69 TR6
   " More Dreams Than Money "









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