[DeTomaso] RM Auction - Pantera # 5538 PARKING BRAKE

[thomas]

A hydraulic parking brake seems like a really stupid idea, unless the intent is not to use it as such.

Thomas

> 12 maj 2014 kl. 09:05 skrev jderyke at aol.com:
> 
>   Don't know of any. But if I did it, I would first move the stock lever
>   to the drivers' side: easier access & better leverage for shorter
>   drivers.
> 
>     It seems creative to use the existing parking brake lever and
>     locking teeth features to operate a master cylinder, have others
>     done that?
> 
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
>   To: jderyke <jderyke at aol.com>; michael <michael at michaelshortt.com>
>   Cc: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
>   Sent: Sun, May 11, 2014 6:09 pm
>   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] RM Auction - Pantera # 5538 PARKING BRAKE
>   Jack,
>      It seems creative to use the existing parking brake lever and
>   locking teeth features to operate a master cylinder, have others done
>   that?
>   Ken
>   From: "[1]jderyke at aol.com" <[2]jderyke at aol.com>
>   To: [3]michael at michaelshortt.com; [4]kenn_green at yahoo.com
>   Cc: [5]detomaso at poca.com
>   Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 4:05 PM
>   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] RM Auction - Pantera # 5538 PARKING BRAKE
>   Best guess: someone else has noticed that U.S- legal parking brakes do
>   not need to be cable operated; it just turns out to be the cheapest way
>   for auto manufacturers to comply. A hand-operated master squeezing a
>   pair of small hydraulic calipers are perfectly legal as long as they're
>   completely separated from the main brake system- including separate
>   lines. I have a pair of small 2-piston Wilwood calipers I will probably
>   use for such a system at some point, along with a small bore Girling
>   master and a Ford pickup truck foot-operated e-brake lever. FWIW- J
>   DeRyke
> 
> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Ken Green <[1][6]kenn_green at yahoo.com>
>   wrote:
> 
>     Did you see the parking brake, the handle is connected to a
>     master cylinder. A Anyone know what is going on with it?
>     Ken
> 
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