A warning lite?????? What if the lite burns out????
Is there someone who needs a Christmas tree to suddenly lite up just to tell them that their brake pedal just wnet to the floor????

Dual cylinder vs single. Why not make it quadruple??? Have 2 wheel cylinders per wheel and seperate MC's. One pedal actuates BOTH mc's. Thus 2wo seperate hydraulic systems acting independently of each other.

NO,WAIT A MINUTE!!!! maybe 18 wheel cylinders ......

This has become ridiculous. The single cylinder is just as safe as the dual. OR the dual is so marginal in its 'extra safety" claim so as to be neglegible.

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That last line is of central importance to this discussion, IMO. The TV is probably as reliable as any other single MC braking system... but that's the point: it's still a single system, with no backup. This is a drawback for anyone driving a vehicle that predates the standardization of dual braking systems in the late '60s. This includes manual as well as power brakes.

Now, if you could, or would want to, somehow modify the T/V to operate in a dual braking system, it would probably be as safe as any other dual system.

Also, to get the most safety benefit from a dual braking system, you need a warning-light to tell you when half the system is down (you can drive a long time on half your brakes and get "used to" the difference, mainly when it's the rears that have failed).

I'd be interested to know if the conversions some have made to dual braking have included a warning light system, and if so, how they did it. Do new off-the-shelf kits include this feature?

AL,

I think that is big news, that they can start the dual-quad monster easily enough to move it around every day. They wouldn't do it if it was balky or killing, either. So that's amazing in itself. START, RUNS, MOVES! PARK IT ANYWHERE!!

Did you get any more news on the origins of the car?

P.S. Please take some in-progress bodyshop pics. You will want a photo record of this process, I think.

i thought of the wolf whistle too, but obviously behind a few others!

Rusty, im still away from my manuals but im pretty sure that wasnt what they were thinking of. Its a great idea though, and would probably work quite well!


Hmmmm. i just remembered that that series also has some mention of the Packard twin six... I gotta get to the books....!

If I was as picky as I'd like to be (and had the dough) this would be a V12 Speedster.

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I'd hate to see it when you're "picky".

There'd be a lot more progress if I could get that damn rear end out. The bolt heads are in such a position that it's almost impossible to get a socket on it.

And hopefully tomorrow, Don Koller shows up with the new cowl. Then it's time to get my welder hooked up so I can start building the body. I've pretty much given up on the engine from America's Packard Museum, as Bob won't answer his phone when I call and it's been 4 months since I last talked to him about it. So, I'm still on the search for a 359, or even a 356, at this point I'm not too picky, I'd even take a '36-'39 320 or a '36 385.

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Accompanied by a few "magic words" no doubt!

Seriously, it's good to see you back "on the tools", I'm looking forward to further progress on the speedster.

I always say, if you don't bleed when working on it, you don't need it!

Man that feels good. I can feel that all the way up here!