Another opportunity to open that can of worms
Something which usually seems to be beaten down by the raging mob is fitting a servo to your existing drums. IF it is mainly pedal pressure that is off-putting, (and I find it to be worryingly high after driving Citroen power braked cars for years), then a servo would surely lessen the pedal pressure? I am well aware that it does not improve the brakes, but may make them feel more "modern" without the need for major surgery to fit discs? (ducks down!)
To argue that District Nurses used the cars in the fifties, therefore the brakes are up to modern driving conditions, is ridiculous(sorry!) I wan't driving until the early seventies, but the traffic and more importantly, the way people drive nowadays, is incomparable with those days.
Aggressive driving attitudes, worsened by seeing some doddery fool in an old banger which should be crushed under the scrappage scheme, means that all talk about anticipation, larger gaps, slowing down gently without the brakes etc is going to make things worse for you! (certainly in our part of the country) Sad but true
I BLAME THE TOP GEAR TRIO FOR A LOT OF THIS!
Glamourising speed, ridiculing old cars ( I wouldn't want to be driving a Marina at the moment!)
Rant, rave, gnash
Oh-sorry, Welcome to the board by the way
