Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: Yardstick; DaxtonBrown

I remember coming home from a show one time in the Camaro with manual drum brakes and a storm hit. I had to go through a decent size puddle and after that I had zero brakes. I drove for what seemed like a mile with my foot on the brakes and gas to heat the drums up enough to get them to dry out and work.


29 posted on 08/20/2011 2:05:54 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies ]


To: Lazlo in PA

I remember coming home from a show one time in the Camaro with manual drum brakes and a storm hit. I had to go through a decent size puddle and after that I had zero brakes. I drove for what seemed like a mile with my foot on the brakes and gas to heat the drums up enough to get them to dry out and work.

I had a Camaro with the same set-up. It was a death trap, which is why I don’t have one like it now. A classic, but...


30 posted on 08/20/2011 3:04:54 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies ]

To: Lazlo in PA

As a youngster in the 50s.....my dad had a Packard Caribbean Coupe....gawd..I wish he’d held onto it..the hood ornamnent is over $300 now...


45 posted on 08/20/2011 6:12:34 PM PDT by ken5050 (Should Christie RUN in 2012? NO!!! But he should WALK 3 miles every day.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson