Re: IML: Close call II/Wake Up Call

[PAUL WENTINK <randalpark@xxxxxxx>]

That brake serves as both a parking brake and an EMERGENCY brake. You 
should not be driving the car until it is functioning properly. If you 
lose your service brakes you don't have a back up system. The brake can 
be easily serviced, and you can get all the parts from Imperial Heaven.

Paul W.

-----Original Message-----
From: parrow33@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: sd1957@xxxxxxx
Sent: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 3:41 pm
Subject: IML: Close call II



Today is the day for close calls with Imperial parking brakes! I drove 
my '61 LeBaron to a friends house to pick him up to go to an East 
Tennessee AACA meeting and parked in his driveway in front of his 
attached garage. The '61 has no park and the parking brake is iffy at 
best but he had a "speed bump" about 20 feet in front of his garage. I 
parked so that the rear tires were behind the speed bump. I have parked 
there a hundred times and THOUGHT it was safe. There is no place in 
east Tennessee that is flat and downhill is his garage. He wanted to 
show me his latest aquisition, a junk '54 Chevy conv. in his other 
garage so I went over and looked at it. When we got back to the house 
the '61 had crossed the speed bump and rolled about six feet into his 
garage door post. I immediately thought I had lost the grille, bumper, 
and right eyebrow. The only point of contact was with the eyebrow. The 
potmetal eyebrow was undamaged! The garage, however, sustained signif 
icate damage with the post and door frame pushed back about eight 
inches from the foundation and his door won't close. The Might of 
Mopars strike again!

 

Jim Payne

'59 LeBaron

'61 LeBaron

'65 Crown Coupe

'65 Crown conv.


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