Emergency/Parking Brakes for Hot Rods
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Emergency brakes in most modern cars are generally relegated to duty as just parking brakes, because modern braking systems are so efficient. On older hot rods and classic cars, the roles are often reversed, because early braking systems leave much to be desired.
The automotive aftermarket has done much to change this by introducing modern disc-brake systems for many of the early cars - though few, if any, offer advanced systems with anti-lock brakes or modern stability controls.
I am one of the die-hards with a traditional hot rod equipped with drum brakes and a single-stage master cylinder. It stops the car but is a grossly inadequate system by today’s standards... It's the price I have to pay for keeping it the way I originally built in the ‘70s.
This makes my emergency brake a necessary safety device, and one that has to do more than hold the car securely while parked. The aftermarket offers a number of good emergency/parking brake kits. Some can be adapted to a wide range of vehicles; others have to be ordered for a specific application. Here are some examples of what they have to offer, starting with a Floor-Mounted Traditional-Style hand brake.
Lokar’s traditional-style floor-mounted hand brake attaches directly to the floorboard and is compatible with their universal emergency brake cable kits. It is offered in a black powder coated finish, as shown, or chrome plated.
Emergency brakes in most modern cars are generally relegated to duty as just parking brakes, because modern braking systems are so efficient. On older hot rods and classic cars, the roles are often reversed, because early braking systems leave much to be desired.
The automotive aftermarket has done much to change this by introducing modern disc-brake systems for many of the early cars - though few, if any, offer advanced systems with anti-lock brakes or modern stability controls.
I am one of the die-hards with a traditional hot rod equipped with drum brakes and a single-stage master cylinder. It stops the car but is a grossly inadequate system by today’s standards... It's the price I have to pay for keeping it the way I originally built in the ‘70s.
This makes my emergency brake a necessary safety device, and one that has to do more than hold the car securely while parked. The aftermarket offers a number of good emergency/parking brake kits. Some can be adapted to a wide range of vehicles; others have to be ordered for a specific application. Here are some examples of what they have to offer, starting with a Floor-Mounted Traditional-Style hand brake.
Lokar’s traditional-style floor-mounted hand brake attaches directly to the floorboard and is compatible with their universal emergency brake cable kits. It is offered in a black powder coated finish, as shown, or chrome plated.
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