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Old 07-31-2020, 04:46 PM   #34
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Default Re: Oversized Brake Drums

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Originally Posted by V8COOPMAN View Post
In the same light, might that same ignorant judge.....scratch that....."unenlightened" judge also find your 'old-timey' drum brakes on the front of your '51 as qualifying for "outdated" also, in view of the fact that his wife's Mercedes and virtually all modern cars (that he has seen at the Country Club) have anti-skid & disc brakes, at least in the front? DD
Maybe, but drum brakes are still currently used on some models; mechanical brakes are not.

AND, if you are right, we are lost because we don't have ABS.
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