I did a Google search to see what car first used Disc brakes, and I came across this interesting time period chart for brakes.
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a nice site you found for all kinds of trivial facts...
3~ Tudor's & 1~ Coupe
Henry Ford said,
"It's all nuts and bolts"
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
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Left out is the fact that the British MGA 1600 had factory front disk brakes in, on or about 1960.
As as an aside: The MGA, even earlier came with factory rack and pinion steering also, years before either were adopted by U.S. automakers! Electric fuel pumps (now standard on all cars) were used on the MG vehicles even in the 1940s.
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Originally posted by Tom Wesenberg View PostI did a Google search to see what car first used Disc brakes, and I came across this interesting time period chart for brakes.
http://www.carhistory4u.com/the-last...the-car/brakes
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Originally posted by Drive Shaft Dave View Post
Toms page didn't work for me, not the first car to use disc brakes but the 62 Studebaker Lark had them as an option.
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3~ Tudor's & 1~ Coupe
Henry Ford said,
"It's all nuts and bolts"
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
Mitch's Auto Service ctr
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Originally posted by Mitch View Post
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Originally posted by Drive Shaft Dave View Post
Toms page didn't work for me, not the first car to use disc brakes but the 62 Studebaker Lark had them as an option.
Studebaker used the 'modern' type caliper disk brake on the Avanti as standard equipment and optional on other models. This was the first use of these brakes as standard equipment on an American vehicle. The ones used on other vehicles prior were different [ and strange] designs compared to what we are now used to.
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