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Originally Posted by fred cook View Post
Finally got a chance to see what was wrong with the handbrake. Turns out it was just jammed. Got it to release and now it seems to work well. Interesting design, the handle pulls up to lock the parking brakes and then lowers back down to be out of the way!
You have an English "fly-off" handbrake. It was used on most old English sports cars like MGs Bentleys & Astons around WW2. Apart from being out-of-the-way convenient it is an indicator of your Jags sporting heritage.

Last edited by zelrik911; 06-01-2014 at 06:37 AM.. Reason: sp!!
Old 06-01-2014, 06:36 AM
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