Facilitating Use of the Ford Hand Brake
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O-WING to the position of the handbrake lever on Ford lorries and cars, drivers of short stature sometimes find it rather awkward quickly to reach the lever. This difficulty has been appreciated by Mr. George E. Duerden, Savoy Garage, Bull Street, Burnley, and his method of overcoming the trouble consists in the application of a device known as the Third Arm band-brake extension lever. It is priced at 10s. 6d., or by post 11s.
A split clip fastens around the handbrake lever and carries an arm an a pivot bolt ; the end of the arm, which is grasped by the driver, has a T-shaped handle. The device is made in aluminium, is well finished, and has no sharp corners likely to cause grazed knuckles. It is fitted in a few moments, requiring the use of only one spanner. A recess in the handle fits over the ratchet-release knob.
To apply the brake, the driver grasps the handle and pulls it backwards and upwards, and the ratchet and pawl operate automatically. To release the brake, a downward pressure is applied to the handle. This frees the pawl from the ratchet, and the brake lever, complete with the Third Arm, moves forward to the " off" position.
The use of this device in effect brings the hand-brake lever nearer to the driver by some 7 ins.
When ordering one of these fitments readers should give the month and year of manufacture of the vehicle in question. Similar devices are produced for other makes of machine.