Re: THE CASE FOR POSITIVE GROUND

Posted by Jim L. in OR On 2014/10/7 16:25:08

Perhaps "Mr. Lucas" wanted to be sure that plastic coated wire was not a "flash in the pan"? Hence the delay into the mid 60's. Sort of like Rolls-Royce and the mechanical combined with hydraulic brake system being used for the rear brakes through the Silver Cloud III. In defense of RR, their main concern with Disc vs Drum brakes was that disk brakes didn't always match their demand for silent operation until RR "perfected disc brakes" which allowed them to be used on the Silver Shadow. What a combined Mechanical/Hydraulic brake system would look like and how it would work is a mystery to me. The emergency brake was a third and separate system and all mechanical. All the RR material is according to Anthony Bird & Ian Hallows in their book "The Rolls-Royce Motor Car.