Survey of present brake designs shows that parking brake problem leads to wider adoption of disk brakes on all four wheels; various designs are described and illustrated such as Lockheed type single-piston front disk brakes, and rear disk brakes, installed in new Fiat 124 model; most outstanding new models are Jensen C-V8 FF and Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow; former has Dunlop all-disk brake system and is first car to be made available with Dunlop Maxaret anti-locking device; both systems are described.


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    Title :

    Brakes


    Additional title:

    Automobile Engr


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Automobile Engineer ; 56 , n 6, Special Issue


    Publication date :

    1966


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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