Originally posted by Doug 57:
A brake failure is not a very pleasant experience.
I just got to throw a little story in here.
I was driving around with my 1955 VW beatle quite a while with a shot master cylinder.
It used to break, but takes pushing the pedal 2-3 times to make it work.
It happend when this lady shot head over heels out of her driveway without even looking right and left.
I stomped on the break pedal (without thinking of pumping the pedal)- no breaking of course.
But I could steer, so I shot arround the car, slammed a young tree out of the way and come to halt in the exhibition of a used cars yard.
There where 2 Chrisler Voyagers, just far enough appart that a VW beatle without the fenders fits between them.
...well mine had fenders. So i ripped up the sides of the Voyagers and came to a soft and comfortable stop.
OH BOY!
If I had working breakes, I`m sure I would hit the ladys car at the side. With a 55 beatle, no belts, the steering column would penetrate my chest (we call that a James Dean memorial accident here in Germany)or I would leave the car by the windshield.
So it was an other grat job of my "heavy duty guardian angel".
Frank
