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

[Mike]

Anti-lock brakes will definitely stop you faster, and along with 
stability control, makes for a safer vehicle. Traction control is a 
whole different story. My wife needs to turns hers off to avoid getting 
stuck in deep snow, it won't allow any wheels spin, and you lose momentum.

Mike M

On 6/2/2014 10:52 PM, Charlie V wrote:
> 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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