{"id":490308,"date":"2008-10-01T13:00:10","date_gmt":"2008-10-01T20:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=50394"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:25:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:25:28","slug":"firsts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/firsts\/","title":{"rendered":"Firsts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I was intrigued by the letter from Rob Connearney in the August issue of Vintage Racecar. Crosley Hot Shots were, indeed, fitted with Goodyear-Hawley \u201cspot\u201d disc brakes for a spell, but these were prone to bind and were replaced by Bendix drum brakes. Crosley was the first, but the system was flawed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Frederick William Lanchester patented a form of disc brake in 1902, but there had been earlier experiments. Brake calipers acting on the wheel rim of a bicycle uses the same principle as a disc brake. There is a problem with \u201cfirsts\u201d that lead nowhere. In 1906, Spyker built a Grand Prix car with a six-cylinder engine and four-wheel-drive, a double first, but Spyker never touched 4WD again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? You&#8217;re missing out<\/h2>\n<p class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content\">Any Text Here<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a07online-global-marketing-prompt\" href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/checkout?plan=86696\">Get Started<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">\n<h4 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">Already a Member? <a href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/account\">Sign in to your account here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was intrigued by the letter from Rob Connearney in the August issue of Vintage Racecar. Crosley Hot Shots were, indeed, fitted with Goodyear-Hawley \u201cspot\u201d disc brakes for a spell, but these were prone to bind and were replaced by Bendix drum brakes. Crosley was the first, but the system was flawed. Frederick William Lanchester patented a form of disc brake in 1902, but there had been earlier experiments. Brake calipers acting on the wheel rim of a bicycle uses [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":322,"featured_media":832567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,562,11272,18207],"tags":[17152,1439,12805,415,19935,14624,19946,1105,1857,17140,75,548,1148,604,17143,17201],"class_list":["post-490308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-jaguar","category-members-only","category-special-feature","tag-car-culture","tag-cunningham","tag-dunlop","tag-jaguar","tag-jaguar-featured","tag-jaguar-xk150","tag-jaguar-xk150-featured","tag-jensen","tag-lola","tag-members-only","tag-mercedes-benz","tag-motorsport","tag-24-hours-of-le-mans","tag-f1","tag-special-feature","tag-last-lap-column"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Firsts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mike Lawrence reminds us that braking news may not always turn out to be exactly as it seems.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/firsts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Firsts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mike Lawrence reminds us that braking news may not always turn out to be exactly as it seems.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/firsts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-10-01T20:00:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T01:25:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/color-image-of-a-jaguar-xk150-s-ots-parked-in-a-front-3-4-position.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Lawrence\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Lawrence\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/firsts\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/firsts\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Lawrence\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9ecce5f233369521caad554c1241d5d6\"},\"headline\":\"Firsts\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-10-01T20:00:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T01:25:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/firsts\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1007,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/firsts\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2008\\\/10\\\/color-image-of-a-jaguar-xk150-s-ots-parked-in-a-front-3-4-position.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Car Culture\",\"Cunningham\",\"Dunlop\",\"Jaguar\",\"Jaguar (Featured)\",\"Jaguar XK150\",\"Jaguar XK150 (Featured)\",\"Jensen\",\"Lola\",\"Members Only\",\"Mercedes-Benz\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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