Most Important Issue

bobpo1

bobpo1

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My wife and I were at a Model A Rally in Indiana a few years ago talking to a veteran Model A fella. I explained that my A was about road ready and asked him what would be the single-most important to consider before going out on the road. The next day he approached me and said he had given long thought to my issue and then told me that "It would be the brake adjustment, being able to lock up all four". Well mine will now do that with ease.

Didn't get his name, but if he follows this site, thanks again. Great feeling..
 
Better not buy a 1929 Bugatti then ...

"Damping is by friction-type shock absorbers, controlled for "hard" and "harder" ride (there's no such thing as a "soft" ride on a Bugatti!) by a cable control leading to a rheostat-like knob on the dash. The large brake drums are finned to cool down the terrific heat generated when you push with all the leg-power you have to bring the 4200-pund car to a halt. As Ettore Bugatti said, "I make my cars to go, not stop." Mechanical brakes were very much the rule on Bugs."

From:
http://www.bugattirevue.com/revue50/zipper.htm
 
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