Randall Young wrote:
>I believe it was a common feature of British sports cars at the time, useful
>for "LeMans style" starts where one had to jump in the car, release the
>brake and take off...
>
Also, I think, used for 'handbrake turns' (later made famous by the
Dukes of Hazard?) a move useful in some events popular in the fifties --
can't remember what these events are called. Seems you had to follow a
tortuous route among cones at rather low speed getting in & out of tight
places, parking/reversing/etc.
Geo Hahn
59 TR3A
64 TR4
Mt Lemmon, AZ
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