Re: Brake Fade? What Brake Fade?

Posted by Tim Cole On 2015/8/31 18:00:03

I knew Doug Heinmuller and he lost his brakes due to fade up in Maine. He was driving up and down hills in overdrive. At the bottom of one long hill was a stop sign. He went right through it.

Another case was in a 1930 Packard Touring Car owned by Ted Kavenagh. Back in the 40's he had a car load of people going up and down hills in Connecticut. They got onto the Merritt and couldn't stop for a traffic jam. He ended up running through the median as he put it "Like something out of a Buster Keaton movie."