mfg Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 Who first proposed installing disc brakes on the front of the 'new' Studebaker Avanti? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasile Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 Gene Hardig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 Gene Hardig sounds like a reasonable answer. Sherwood Egbert insisted that the car which became the Avanti be the safest as well as good performance, and with Hardig charged with making that happen, it seems logical he would suggest disc brakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 Gene Hardig Great guess!....But it wasn't Mr.Hardig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 No other opinions here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 Once again,...It was Otis Romine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64Avanti Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 It may have been Bendix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 I don't believe it could be Bendix. It was Studebaker who went to Bendix with an order for a completely engineered, production ready disc brake setup within something like two or three months. There was no way they could design, test and produce a disc brake system in that short space of time which is why they licensed the Dunlop setup and began producing it for Studebaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted September 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 The Dunlop disc brake already existed at the time. The premise here is 'who thought of putting them on the front of the Studebaker Avanti'!......Mr. Otis Romine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64Avanti Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Don't forget that Bendix offered these for the Corvette but GM felt that the discs didn't have enough heat capacity for the Corvette. These brakes were used by Jaguar, some Ferrari's and others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted November 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2021 And a slightly enlarged version of our Avanti's Bendix/Dunlop disc brake was used on all four wheels of the 1964 Ferguson Novi Indy race car (#9) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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