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Originally Posted by Stuart
Something I never noticed before on the Banshees is they had fly off hand brake handles, on the hump between the seats - I wonder if that was the first application of that kind of hand brake used on US cars? It was common on european cars, but back then most US cars used a pull handle under the dash.
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Mikes Reply:
My father's vette was a 1966 Sting ray and then a 1968 Mako shark and if I remember, the first one had the pull E-Brake on the left of the steering wheel. Then the next one had the E-Brake in the center. Driving to the races back then I sat on the pad between the seats and my Twin sat in the Passenger seat, even though I was a little uncomfortable I could see all around plus I could see the speedo as we raced car to car at most lights. Dad would say I will suck him up in my Exhaust pipe and he always did. Both Engines were Blue printed and balanced, by race rules, in the day. They were 500 HP. I am pretty sure the later one was Tri-power because I remember the Triangle shaped Air Filter in 1968. I am thinking he had a Lotus Elan next and that one had the E-Brake in the center, being a foreign car. They used that E-Brake back then while racing and soon after they devised a way to Brake or stop the rear tires separately. Not sure how they did it? My father and his friend opened a speedo repair and retail sales of race parts store, out of a Great Bears old shop, in order to offset the racing costs.