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Re: Re. Flyback Handbrake

To: TR <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: Re. Flyback Handbrake
From: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@cruzers.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 07:22:28 -0800
> Also useful in making 'handbrake turns' -- required in some British 
> automotive trials I think.  The ones where a timed course involves 
> reversing into tight spots and other abrupt maneuvers.

Of course the best way to do that is to have 2 leavers, one for each 
brake.  You pull the leaver for the rear wheel on the inside of the 
turn providing a pivot point.  It was a common aftermarket add-on for 
VW Baja Bugs.


T. J. Wakeman

1960 Land Rover 109 Dormobile owned since 1978
1961 Triumph TR3A  owned since 1986, the new car




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