Re: Brake Fade? What Brake Fade?

Posted by Craig Hendrickson On 2015/8/30 15:34:08

I had a brake fade problem in my Dad's 1955 Clipper Super 4dr while in High School. I was driving down a rather steep hill from Kearny Mesa to Mission Valley (near the Old Charger Stadium in San Diego) in 1962 with a car full of HS friends. By the time I got to the bottom at the stop sign, there were NO BRAKES. Oh, one could press as hard as one wanted on the pedal but absolutely nothing happened to impede the forward motion of the Clipper. Fortunately, there was no cross traffic, so I just turned left as planned.

That was scary. When I had a chance to put disc brakes on my 55 Pat, I did not hesitate.

Craig