Re: THE CASE FOR POSITIVE GROUND

Posted by HH56 On 2014/10/7 16:53:54

Perhaps "Mr. Lucas" wanted to be sure that plastic coated wire was not a "flash in the pan"?

Maybe -- but from what I remember and have witnessed first hand, Mr Lucas did not seem to worry much about such things. In many instances the writers comment about Mr Lucas letting the smoke out of wires if displeased was very appropriate. Doubt if he got the nickname "prince of darkness" because he only went out at night.

Didn't Hudson have a combo hydraulic/mechanical brake system too. I think the mechanical linkage was arranged so hydraulics worked all the time but if something happened so pedal wanted to go past a point to the floor the linkage became the active unit. Could be wrong but think Hudson linkage was also only to the rear wheels.