[Fot] automotive design

[BillDentin at aol.com]

In a message dated 01/06/2008 9:00:19 AM Central Standard Time, 
spreiss at verizon.net writes:


> I am of the understanding that the 1957 TR3 was the first production car in
> the world to come with front disc brakes as standard equipment. Can anyone
> provide the story of how this coup came to pass? It seems so "un-Standard" 
> for
> them to have been ahead of the curve in the application of modern automotive
> design at the time.
> 
> 

Steve...

I'm no expert, but that would really surprise me.  I think other production 
based cars had them previously.  They were 'upstairs' not 'down stairs' cars.  
I think the TR3 may have been the first (or among the first) of the 
'economically priced' (read cheap) sports cars to feature them.  Seems I remember early 
ads touting the fact that they were $2,500 and had dual carbs, bucket seats, 
AND disc brakes.

Bill Dentinger



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