Ferrari Mailing List: Re: A little OT - car projects

[Doug & Terri (dnt]

Rick asks “Fixed your coaster brake did ya?   Who invented the coaster brake?  And what other piece of mechanical hardware is he given botched (but deserved) credit for?”

 

“Fixed”?  BUWHAhahahahaha.  It never was the same.  But I learned “3 in 1 Oil” is hygroscopic.  I also don’t believe that Henry Ford “fixed” watches at the age of 7 or 10 or 3.  BS.

 

So who invented it - - - Bendix comes to mind but that name is echoing in my time trapped mind like someone yelling the name down a 5 foot tall water drain pipe (we used to explore those too).

 

Bendix or I may be confusing it with the guy who played Babe Ruth or was the goofball neighbor of Gilles when television was young.  Not as far back as Philo T. Farnsworth but just post Howdy Doody.  (ohhh, that Indian chick – picture an eight year old slathering for strange reasons he doesn’t yet understand – heh heh)

 

So, no, I don’t really know the inventor of the coaster brake and other botched inventions.

 

DOUG

(and yeah – I love ask and argue people.  Although I wouldn’t screw with them on a brake question – I have been known to give certifiably incorrect, REAL incorrect, answers).