mfg Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 The 'Due Cento' Avanti utilized a stock Studebaker Avanti brake system....True? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 False, I know of no stock automobile that relies on parachutes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 I'd like to entertain a few more responses to this question...'Due Cento' indeed had a parachute pack to assist in stopping...but I was referring to the vehicles on board brake system itself...Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 I can't think of hearing or seeing it claimed in print that the Due carried anything but stock Avanti brakes. I'm not saying it didn't...just that I've seen no claims of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 I can't think of hearing or seeing it claimed in print that the Due carried anything but stock Avanti brakes. I'm not saying it didn't...just that I've seen no claims of it. OK......Are there any other thoughts on this question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Answer to this question.....FALSE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunslinger Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 What did it use for brakes, then? I doubt if they used the Fred Flintstone method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted August 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 What did it use for brakes, then? I doubt if they used the Fred Flintstone method. The brakes (at each wheel) of 'Due Cento' were indeed stock Studebaker Avanti brakes....but the assist booster was far from what came with a stock Avanti....it was a 'Hydrovac type' similar, but larger, to the one used in a Studebaker GT Hawk with disc brakes. Study the engine compartment photo of the 'Due Cento' at Bonneville to verify this. This booster certainly changed the system from 'stock'....Making the answer to this question....FALSE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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