Ferrari parking brake lever

[Rusty67]

Ok, so my cousine bought a Ferrari recently and brought it over to show off. He even let me drive it I must say it is one sexy pony. One thing that totally got me was the parking brake lever. It is on the left of the driver and when you pull it up to set it, it will drop back down to the floor so the driver can get out. In order to disengage it, you have to pull it back up and then press the button and then let it down. I thought this was really sweet. Anyone seen anything like that before ? I'm wondering how it works but I doubt he is going to let me pull his car apart to find out lol.

 

[BB1966]

Pontiac Fiero.....IIRC.

 

[66 Restomod]

Lamborghini Diablo too.

But perhaps not the best design:

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?p=136832252

 

[Rusty67]

I am more interested in how the mechanism actually works. It would be really nice since I actually use my parking brake in my 2000 v6. When the lever is up, it is ALWAYS geting in my way.

 

[Gud T.B. Blown]

Pontiac Fiero.....IIRC.

You do remember correctly. That is how my Fiero's parking brake worked.

 

[Rusty67]

Would the mechanism be something that could be put into another car without much trouble ?

 

[NasaGT]

+1 on the Pontiac Fiero.

I can't think of any reason why you couldn't move one to another car.

 

[mannyjoe]

I've seen quite a few used on Kit cars. You can find them at the local Pik-A-Part style junk(recycler) yards or purchase them new from some of the Fiero Restoration web sites. HTH.
mannyjoe

 

[mattrod70]

or purchase them new from some of the Fiero Restoration web sites. HTH.
mannyjoe

people restore fieros?

 

[Rusty67]

people restore fieros?

You would be SURPRIZED at what people restore....

Anyways, I was talking to my dad about this and aparently the Porsche 914's also had a parking brake mechanism like this. I bet a fiero wouldn't be TOO hard to find in a junkyard. This would be totally kewl to have in my daily driver.

 

[NasaGT]

You can get a new Fireo parking brake lever here for $53:

http://fierostore.com/

Look under brakes, e-brake

 

[amorrow]

Ferraris are weird...I started a conventional-shift 360 without depressing the clutch.

 

[Rusty67]

Ferraris are weird...I started a conventional-shift 360 without depressing the clutch.

I don't know about the Fiero's but the reason Ferrari's and the Porsche 914's had a mechanism like that was because the lever was on the left of the driver so it had to go back down otherwise the driver would have a difficult time geting in and out of the car when the brake was on because the handle would be in the way when up.

 

[mkg988]

Jaguar XJS

If you're after a British "handbrake" that operates in the same way, the Jaguar XJS is the car to look at.

Martin

 

[Rusty67]

I'm not neccisarily after a specific one, just one I can get cheap. The good news is my friends brother apparently has a huge collection of 914 parts and he thinks he might have a spare hand brake setup he might give me for free. If I get it for free, that would keep most of the cost down.