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"The 1950 Crosley Hot Shot is often given credit for the first U.S. production disc brakes but the Chrysler Crown Imperial actually had them first as standard equipment at the beginning of the 1949 model year...the brakes were only standard on the Chrysler Crown Imperial through 1954 and the Town and Country Newport in 1950.[1] They were optional, however, on other Chryslers
The next American production automobile equipped with caliper-type disc brakes was the 1963 model year Studebaker Avanti[7] (the Bendix system optional on some of the other Studebaker models[8]). Front disc brakes became standard equipment in 1965 on the Rambler Marlin[9] (the Bendix units were optional on all American Motors "senior" platform models[10]), the Ford Thunderbird,[11] and the Lincoln Continental.[12] A four-wheel disc brake system was also introduced in 1965 on the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_brakeDick Steinkamp
Bellingham, WA
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