Re: IML: My Safety vs. Everyone Else's

[santiam oregon <santiamoregon@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think you missed the safety of garage doors as well.  All of the

above mentioned items are painfully aware to all of us without needing

to be restated.  The need for good brakes to stop a 5000 pound car and

hold it still while parked are obvious even to 4 year olds.

 

Each car has a particular level of safety, I love old cars, but in MY opinion,

pre-dual master cylinder brake cars without a park pin with bias-ply tires

weighing in at 2 tons cannot compete with many current traffic conditions

hence must be driven extremely carefully.   I have driven large cars for 30

plus years and I don't kid myself that there is a lot of risk when a row of

cars in front of me stop with anti-lock brakes at 65 mph and I have 4 wheel

drums, albeit reconditioned and adjusted to factory specifications.

 

PS, it is ok to have a bit of humor

PAUL WENTINK <randalpark@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Airbags, lap/shoulder belts, and helmets protect the driver in the
event of an accident. Brakes protect the driver along with the rest of
the world and a brake problem can easily cause an accident. Safety on
the road is the responsibility of the driver and can not be over
emphasized.

1961 Imperial can be driven safely if all systems on board are in top
shape.

Paul W.


-----Original Message-----
From: santiam oregon
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 9:58 pm
Subject: Re: IML: Close call II/Wake Up Call



living by the skin of your teeth spices up life a bit.  If you want
safety, sell all your cars without airbags and lap/shoulder belts and
don't even think about riding a motorcycle (helmet or otherwise).

 



PAUL WENTINK wrote:


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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