<VV> More Re: Brakes grabbing

[ScottyGrover at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/4/09 5:33:07 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
kenpepke at juno.com writes:

I would  still hesitate  to use a LM in daily service today without 
upgrading the  brakes.  Sure, I know lots of guys do BUT there is added risk ... 
the  more risks one takes the greater the chance of loss.
Ken  P



I used to have a set of cerametallic brakes on my LM's, but, in  Denver, I 
couldn't find them anywhere (even at Steve and Speed's Corvair  shop) so I 
just became very careful how I drove.  Since then, I've asked  around in L.A. 
but the 'Vair houses don't have them and regular brake shops tell  me that 
even if I could find a set, they refuse to install them.  I think  that they 
think they'd lose money because the cerams last so long. But  it so seldom 
rains here that I don't have a problem with drums getting wet  and fading.  
A**holes on the freeway are another thing altogether!  I  try to compensate 
for the slower reflexes of old age by staying well behind the  car ahead of 
me; for this, I get the finger from other drivers as they pull in  RIGHT in 
from of me.  BTW, I'm driving in what is called " laughingly" the  slow 
lane--doing the limit or maybe 5 MPH under that.
 
Scotty from Hollyweird