Re: Brake linings for Stanley 735B
Posted by:
Ben (IP Logged)
Date: April 22, 2009 02:31PM
In TIMES as these,,,Vote for Wilson and Cooledge,,,or is it Taft Teddy/bullmoose,,,anyhow I STILL DONT LIKE JUCE BRAKES,,,,i hope i can get through this,,,It was the first Sat of October,1951,,we assembled at Joe knowles farm in Lincoln ma,,[This was before the VMCCA N-E region was formed],,The purpose was to convoy about 1,5-2 hours n-w to Peterborough,NH,,Major Goyette's annual picnic at Cranbertry acres,,and his birthday party,,Somewhere above Littleton Ma,,one of the cars started to smoke,,we had 15 cars maybee,,problem,,no mirrors and driver couldnt see smoke,,by the time we reached Groton,,people were waving,,big deal,,lead car pulled in just past the ctr,, The #4 car had the left rear wheel on fire,,smoke flames,,the whole works,,in those days fire extingishrs were expensive,,more likely to pour the coffe from the thermos jug,,after that,,what next,,one of the guys decided to donate some used beer to the occasion and then others volenteerd used coffee from the farm,,We all saved the car,,but the spokes were not full srength any longer,,rather like toast,,NOW if that had been juce brakes the fluid would have boiled,,Sure I know brakes run at 500 ??? BBBUT not always,,Accident or not I remember that beautiful saturday in October 1951,,my first solo VMCCA run,in my Packard,,Theres a lot ov heat generated,,,and 2 wheelers have all the heat in 2 drums,,So SO if ya carry a extinguisher,,the fluid wont boil,,Frankly I prefer CRANBERRY juce,,[from the boggs down by Howards place],,servaced by the narrah gage rail,,still,]],!!,,Oh yes,,all 30 of the Majors cars were untouched original,,whose got the Stanley 10 hp???,,Cheers Ben