In a message dated 01/06/2008 9:00:19 AM Central Standard Time,
spreiss@verizon.net writes:
> I am of the understanding that the 1957 TR3 was the first production car in
> the world to come with front disc brakes as standard equipment. Can anyone
> provide the story of how this coup came to pass? It seems so "un-Standard"
> for
> them to have been ahead of the curve in the application of modern automotive
> design at the time.
>
>
Steve...
I'm no expert, but that would really surprise me. I think other production
based cars had them previously. They were 'upstairs' not 'down stairs' cars.
I think the TR3 may have been the first (or among the first) of the
'economically priced' (read cheap) sports cars to feature them. Seems I
remember early
ads touting the fact that they were $2,500 and had dual carbs, bucket seats,
AND disc brakes.
Bill Dentinger
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