[AT] The terror strikes again. - Studebaker speed response

[charlie hill]

Charlie V.

I was of the same opinion about anti-lock brakes when they came out
until we bought a new car with them.  I still wasn't sold on the idea
until one night on I-95 south of Petersburg VA, while the roads
were covered with about 1" of snow and slush and were very slick.  I was 
doing
ok until we hit a small bridge that was coated in black ice.  All of a 
sudden
I found myself beside a car to my right when a Mustang in front of me spun
out and was sliding sideways.  There was a concrete rail to my left and 
there
was no place to go.  I had no option but to hit the brakes hard, something I 
would
never do on ice but I had no other options.  To my surprise the anti-lock 
system
kicked in and the car came to a dead stop, in a straight line with no 
sliding
whatsoever.  This was while the Mustang in front of me was sliding sideways.
I'm sold on them now as long as they are working properly.

Charlie


-----Original Message----- 
From: Charlie V
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 10:52 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] The terror strikes again. - Studebaker speed response

Just saying, Steve, bias ply tires and drum breaks were not that bad.  I
sure put on a lot of (luckily) accident free miles with that type equipment
as did many other folks.  I am not convinced the anti lock breaking systems
are all they are cracked up to be either.

Grant:  My '47 Studebaker champion with overdrive would touch a dollar bill
on a good day but it needed a good two miles of road and zero headwind to
creep it up there.  Tested it out the first day I got it on the road at 16
years old. (Me for the 16.  the car was just slightly younger.)

Charlie V.


On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:

> > On 6/2/2014 10:20 AM, Grant Brians wrote:
> > > Ralph, that is why I got all of my need for speed out when I was
> younger
> > in my Studebaker cars.... 125mph between the farm fields where there 
> > were
> > no police, houses or cross traffic and a three mile straightaway is
> > enjoyable in a Gran Turismo Hawk.
> >
>
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net> wrote:
>
> > Grant, at least you would not have been talking or texting on a cell
> > phone while driving that speed in those times.
>
>
> Very true, Ralph!  But on the downside, he was doing it on skinny bias-ply
> tires and drum brakes!
>
> SO
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