Derek,
I have seen this done on Racing Spitfires and it is unique and very
effective.
Go for it!
Joe
derek evans wrote:
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> hi all,
>
> I'm thinking of replacing the entire braking system on the herald, after all
> some of these parts are 40 years old.
> it occurred to me that with a modified bracket on the firewall i could fit
> two separate master cylinders, one feeding the front brakes, one feeding the
> rear. i would feel a lot safer with some redundancy in the system.
> has anyone tried anything like this on any of the triumphs (or anything for
> that matter)? can anyone see why (apart from originality, too far gone for
> that) this would be a bad idea?
>
> thanks
>
> derek
> 1960 herald (happy 40th) (brakes optional extra)
> 1965 vitesse (brakes in color coded crates, red for port, green for starb'd)
> 1975 series III landrover (enormous power boosted drum brakes, hand brake is
> a fifth drum)
>
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