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   "hls"  wrote in message   
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   > "dsi1"  wrote in message news:5eqMm.20048   
   > > I doubt there's much validity that vacuum assisted brakes were required   
   > > because of the advent of disk brakes. My first car, a 67 Barracuda had   
   > > drums and vac boost, as did most cars of the time. That one had a tiny   
   > > V8 - a 273! Of course, today that would be a large engine - 4.5L. :-)   
   >   
   > Power assist brakes, as I said, became luxury items.  They were not   
   > absolutely necessary on drum brake cars, but certainly made braking   
   > effortless.   Finally they found their way onto almost every car.   
   >   
   > Disc brakes on large American cars, without power assist, can be monsters.   
   >   
   > It is just the way things evolved.   
      
   Ah for the days of non integrated proportioning and   
   metering valves ;^)   
      
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