[FWDLK] BRAKE it to me GENTLY

[eastern sierra Adj Services <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>]

I meant to write last week, during the flame-wars--don't get me
started--that I happened to be reading the 6/64 Motor Trend, (great
issue, btw) and 'saw' the review of the '64 Chrysler Newport 'stripper'
4-dr sedan. Regardless, the car weighed 3,920 lbs, BUT, it sported the
11x3" (front) and 11x 2 1/2" (rear)
Bendix "Duo-Servo" drum brakes.

If anyone has any late-50's MoPar 'reviews' that feature
"braking-distance-results",  for  the Lockheed "CenterPlane" brakes, I'd
very much like to learn what "they" could 'do'.

ANYWAY, MT recorded stopping-distance, on that 3,920 lb car, riding on
14x 8"  TWO-PLY
rayon-bias-belted tires  (recall: this car was an
econo-model; base price : $2,901; price-as-tested: $3,030.50 [!!] )
"from" 60 mph-to-zero,  at..................


......(ANY GUESSES??)............








OK:   149'   (as in: ONE HUNDRED FORTY NINE  FEET). [ ref: pg. 61; also:
30 -0 in 32 feet ]

Autoweek TV show, LAST NITE, road-tested
a 2004 Fxxx F150 pickumup truck, with God-Knows what kinda high-tech
radial tires, and anti-lock , and OH YEAH, 4-wheel disc brakes, & guess
what THEY recorded for
60 -0 stopping distance????????????



ONE HUNDRED FIFTY feet.....

MT did describe the Bendix's stopping ability thusly: " 11-inch-drum
brakes, with bonded, extruded asbestos [NOT MINE: Horrie's got 'modern'
linings, and this winter will get Firm Feel's "Super-Duper" linings]
linings, gave powerful  [ I should say-so! ] stops, with good control,
little nose dive."

MT also tested a 'stripper' 64 Plymmie 2-dr sedan Savoy ; weight: 3,440
; base price: $2.332.00 ; price as tested: $2,590.80 ; tires:
7x14"  2-ply rayon-("wonders"); brakes were the Bendix's but in size
10x2 1/2" (front & rear).

60 -0 stopping distance was 156'  (ho, hum, "SAME" as a CURRENT Fxxx
truck!!!) 30 -0 was 34' .

I wonder "how"  the Bendix's would "do" , with
P225/75R14 tires (& modern brake fluid--if that makes any difference??)
, instead of 'with' skinny, rayon,  bias-plys?

And, NO, I'm too poor/cheap to lock-up Horrie's
'ground-down-sidewall',  wide-whitewall radials , merely to measure his
stopping distance--I just know that those suckers STOP (@least
once-in-a-row) the car, so that you'd better be wearing your seatbelt.

To install the 11x3" front brakes, you first  gotta find
a "donor" 1963 -1964 Chrysler (rear brakes are another-story,
previously-discussed).

I REALIZE that apples are different from tomatoes, [meaning:
car-types/weights/equipment/tires ] but has AAJ published any stopping
distances, on its fabulous brakes??

Horace
(wearing Bendix shoes)

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