English hillclimbers on <span class="highlight">Foxtel</span>.

Hi,
If I remember correctly, these would have been "fiddle or twiddle brakes".
one lever for each rear wheel,
really good control for manouvering.
pete

Hi Lionel

The ol Veedubs when used as a buggy had the hand brake cables separate and come through to the cab to the base of the hand brake lever.

What was done, instead of one lever, two levers were used, as there was no lsd or locked diff, what would happen is that you would pull on the hand brake for the spinning wheel causing drive down to the wheel with traction, was quite effective in loose ground or climbing up a slope.

I believe that this method is still incorporated in more modern buggies.

Cheers

Lionel,
I caught that show as well, and at times you could get a glimpse of them operating them. I suspect they were really short throw as they mostly used their fingers.

The real surprise was the 1.5 psi in the tyres. No wonder they had a few issues when the air escaped.

They also had extreme lock on the front wheels that acted a bit like brakes when turned far enough in either direction. The inside wheel would turn further than the outside wheel (as it needs to) but at full lock it would be almost 90 degrees acting like a plough and helping with the turning.

Great but simple vehicles that had more engineering in them than they looked like.

Cheers Cam