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pooch · 08-21-2014, 06:28 PM

A thing to remember is, with the hand brake on the left, you do not have any emergency brake.

If any of the brake rods or other bits of this system fail, you are on your own re stopping.

When I bought my first AR, I did not know and I will never own one again, probably never even drive one again .

I have had the experience of going down a hill with no way of stopping . never again.

I did not drive the car for a long time until I changed the chassis out to a later one.

I was having nightmares about coming up to a local pedestrian crossing with kids on it, and me hitting the brakes and nothing there.

Others will say the brake system is quite OK.

If it was OK , the US government would not have forced Ford to add a separate emergency brake.

My advice is to look for an A later than the AR.

08-21-2014, 06:28 PM	#2
pooch Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: South Coast NSW Australia Posts: 2,596	Re: New to Model A hobby A thing to remember is, with the hand brake on the left, you do not have any emergency brake. If any of the brake rods or other bits of this system fail, you are on your own re stopping. When I bought my first AR, I did not know and I will never own one again, probably never even drive one again . I have had the experience of going down a hill with no way of stopping . never again. I did not drive the car for a long time until I changed the chassis out to a later one. I was having nightmares about coming up to a local pedestrian crossing with kids on it, and me hitting the brakes and nothing there. Others will say the brake system is quite OK. If it was OK , the US government would not have forced Ford to add a separate emergency brake. My advice is to look for an A later than the AR.