[Healeys] Drum Brakes

[I Erbs]

The drum brakes on my 65 Oldsmobile would fade in heavy rain. I lived in
the Hollywood hills and when a classic LA gully washer storm would hit, I
was always scared shitless, that my brakes would fail coming down the
mountain. I had to leave double the room behind cars to deal with the
longer stopping distances.

Ira Erbs
Portland, OR
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On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 10:22 PM, josef-eckert at t-online.de <
josef-eckert at t-online.de> wrote:

> Patrick,
> I fully support you. I never understood why people swapped their drum
> brakes for disks. My 100 with 4 drums around is breaking extrremely well. I
> like the little shake before the brakes bite as they tell me they are
> working well and I feel the old vintage technology.
> Drum brakes need a little more maintenance than disks, but that piece of
> work is fun for me, enjoying to work on my cars and keeping them in good
> condition. I want to feel the "soul" of my old cars and the difference to
> my modern daily commuter.
>
>
> Josef Eckert
> Konigswinter/Germany
>
>
> -----Original-Nachricht-----
> Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Drum Brakes
> Datum: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 07:01:45 +0100
> Von: "Patrick & Caroline Quinn" <p_cquinn at tpg.com.au>
> An: "'Wilko2'" <e-wilkins at cox.net>
>
> G'day
>
> I must admit that I am a big fan of drum brakes!
>
> Why? I hear you ask. Well they look better and in the right circumstances
> they perform better. Years back when I was competing in my 100 I could
> easily outbrake a 100S. Yes the backing plates were scooped and the drums
> were drilled along with diagonal ribbing. Joe's correct about the water,
> but
> thankfully I had to be careful just a few times.
>
> Sorry disc calipers and rotors just look boring. Imagine disc brakes on a
> T35 Bugatti? However the best looking drum brake I have ever seen was on a
> Lancia Aurelia B20. Have a look at the attached.
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Blue Mountains, Australia
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Wilko2
> Sent: Tuesday, 27 January 2015 4:37 PM
> Cc: healeylist
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Drum Brakes
>
> Denis Welch has 'em:
>
> http://www.bighealey.co.uk/content/ventilated-drums
>
> On Jan 26, 2015, at 8:23 PM, Bob Spidell wrote:
>
> > Read recently in a reputable source that drum brakes are usually lighter
> than disks (one of the reasons drums are still used on big trucks).  Seems
> counter-intuitive to me; can anyone verify or refute?
> >
> > In same article, read the venting drums increases overall effectiveness,
> esp. WRT fade.  Anyone done this with Healey brakes?
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > --
> > *******************************************************************
> > Bob Spidell           San Jose, CA            bspidell at comcast.net
> >
> > *******************************************************************
>
>
>
>
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