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

[jgkrenton at comcast.net]

Interesting..... But can you still do a "bat turn" using this set-up? 

Jeff/2467 who grew up driving Triumphs that had a "fly-off" hand brake, not a parking brake or emergency brake.... 

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From: "Ken Green via DeTomaso" <detomaso at poca.com> 
To: "Mike Thomas" <mbefthomas at comcast.net>, detomaso at poca.com 
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 10:08:38 AM 
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Moving the E-brake handle to the driver's side 

You could just switch to an electric brake actuator like the Estopp: 
http://www.estopp.com/ 
Scott Bell was selling a kit adapted to Panteras. 
Ken 
From: Mike Thomas <mbefthomas at comcast.net> 
To: detomaso at poca.com 
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 8:13 AM 
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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   Interesting.....  But can you still do a "bat turn" using this set-up?
   Jeff/2467 who grew up driving Triumphs that had a "fly-off" hand brake,
   not a parking brake or emergency brake....
     __________________________________________________________________

   From: "Ken Green via DeTomaso" <detomaso at poca.com>
   To: "Mike Thomas" <mbefthomas at comcast.net>, detomaso at poca.com
   Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 10:08:38 AM
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Moving the E-brake handle to the driver's side
   You could just switch to an electric brake actuator like the Estopp:
   http://www.estopp.com/
   Scott Bell was selling a kit adapted to Panteras.
   Ken
          From: Mike Thomas <mbefthomas at comcast.net>
    To: detomaso at poca.com
    Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 8:13 AM
    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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