[DeTomaso] Moving the E-brake handle to the driver's side

[Thomas Törnblom]

A properly adjusted late car hand brake also works fine. 

> 29 aug 2015 kl. 22:18 skrev Stephen <steve at snclocks.com>:
> 
> Whilst your mileage may vary, here is a shot of 5332 on a hillside during a
> recent drive with the local Lotus group...  It was happy with just the
> e-brake, but I did leave it in 1st gear also.
> 
> Stephen Nelson
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of Joseph F.
> Byrd, Jr.
> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 9:15 AM
> To: 'Mike Thomas' <mbefthomas at comcast.net>; detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Moving the E-brake handle to the driver's side
> 
> A side question...
> Even at its best, would the original e-brake prevent rolling on an incline?
> I recall carry around and using a set of chocks
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of Mike Thomas
> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 11:13 AM
> To: detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Moving the E-brake handle to the driver's side
> 
> As part of my restoration planning, I've been coming up with a short list of
> mods that I could have done that "just make sense".  Why they located the
> e-brake handle on the far side of the console where it's not that easy to
> reach has always been a puzzle to me - probably a seat clearance issue.
> Don't the later cars, GT5-S, have the brake on the driver's side of the
> console?
> 
> Since I'm going to have the car down to a bare shell at that point, I can't
> think it would be that hard to re-engineer it to the other side with
> everything out of the way: some fabrication work and reverse the hardware
> under the car.  Has anybody done such a mod?  
> 
> Mike Thomas
> Pres., Panteras Northwest
> Yellow '74 #6328
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