[Healeys] Do we like brake boosters ?

[Michael Salter]

One factor regarding the addition of the brake servo as standard equipment
is the fact that "Power Brakes" were the latest thing in the early '60s
just as "Stat Nav" is today.
If you wanted to sell cars they had to have power brakes.

Michael S
BN1 #174


On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 7:22 AM, Peter Svilans <peter.svilans at rogers.com>wrote:

> From Anderson/ Moment:  " A brake servo-assist unit manufactured by Girling
> was made available as an option on the Mark II's in September 1961,
> beginning
> with C.15104 (though it was rarely installed).  This option may have been
> made
> available in response to published road tests that criticized the high
> brake
> effort required on the early Mark II's."
>
> Clausager says:  "......August, 1961, when on the 3000 Mark II model, from
> Chassis 15104, a Girling vacuum servo unit was offered as an optional
> extra.
> This became a standard fitting on the Mark III model in 1963, from chassis
> 25315."  The Mark II was introduced in March of 1961, at C. 13751, by the
> way.
>
> The factory Parts List for the Mark II shows it, but with no further hint
> given as to optional or not.  The BJ7/ 8 Parts List says "Optional Extra-
> BJ7,
> Standard Equipment- BJ8"  (C. H-BJ7-17551 to 24314, H-BJ8- 25315 to 25399
> on
> for first type of servo, 25400 approx on for later type).  The early servo
> differed a bit in the plumbing, and the list says "When stock exhausted,
> use
> the later type".
>
> Rich Chrysler's Mark II tricarb had a servo fitted, but it wasn't original
> to
> the car.  The originality guru always gave a sheepish grin: "Hey, it COULD
> have been fitted".
>
> Best regards
> Peter
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