Re: Easamatic Rebuild Sources

Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2013/8/18 0:48:42

'86-'87 Turbo Buicks? I nearly bought one of those Grand National style Regals back when they were new. This affinity for questionably braked cars seems to be following me around!

Just for the record, I went to the website www.powerbrakeservice.net shown in the YouTube video PackardV8 posted. It was presented on a page that bills itself as "Speed Products". I searched there for "Bendix Treadle Vac" and "BTV". Not on there. Then I searched for just plain "Bendix". Not on there either. Apparently they deal in exotica.

I'm not sure if what the fellow in the video said about electric brake boosters (apparently "featured" in some late '80s early '90s GM products) had anything that directly related to the BTV, but the video does point out that major auto manufactures have, through the years, made cars with questionable, if not downright dangerous, braking systems. Wonder how it never got into the popular press that these things were going on in the age of runaway litigation, 30 years post-BTV?