<VV> prkg. brake rls. handle

[Jim Houston]

That's it!  It was my '61 Chevy truck, not my '51...  <grin>   I'm not crazy
after all ..

Jim Houston

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tvossler" <tvossler@netzero.net>
To: <virtualvairs@skiblack.com>
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> prkg. brake rls. handle


> The same parking brake handle was used on half and three quarter ton Chevy
> trucks from the early to mid sixties.  I had a '63 C-10 and a "66 C-10; my
> brother had a '62 K-20 and they all were the same as on the Corvair.
>
> Tim Vossler
> Heart of GA Corvairs
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Wrsssatty@aol.com>
> To: <virtualvairs@skiblack.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 9:42 AM
> Subject: <VV> prkg. brake rls. handle
>
>
> > < I wonder what inspired Chevrolet to endow the
> > Corvair with such an . . . individualistic parking brake. Why not the
> other
> > Chevys?>
> >
> > Actually, I think it was lifted from earlier Chevys, I think from the
> early
> > fifties.  Remember, that was not the original parking brake handle
design.
> The
> > very first Corvairs had some funky parking brake release mechanism that
> I've
> > only read about and, frankly, can't say that I understand from the
> > description.  My point being that for whatever reason, they were
"shopping
> around" for a
> > better idea at the last minute so a dip into the parts bin makes sense.
> >
> > Bill Stanley
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