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Originally Posted by gsjansen
Bunker Hill as test track!
in 1924, L.T. Shettler, the Rickenbacker car dealer in Los Angeles, demonstrated the effectiveness of the 4 wheel disc brakes on a new 1924 Rickenbacker C6 Touring sedan by driving the car down the 2nd street steps leading from hope street to third street at the west portal of the third street tunnel
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vital automotive point... all Rickenbackers built from June 1924, and some before, had four-wheel brakes--quite an innovation at a time when most cars still had the two-wheel variety. However, they were
drum brakes--discs were far in the future for production cars. Leon Settler sold cars out of several locations... 5850 Hollywood Blvd., and on Auto Row at 1132 S. Figueroa, later at 1525 S. Fig, seen at left here:
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A Rickenbacker appearance in a 1959
Twilight Zone episode
The car's hat-in-ring logo was derived from its progenitor's WWI prowess in the air
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May 13, 1947: Captain Eddie Rickenbacker (far left) in Burbank, with the type of biplane he flew to earn his reputation
as an ace during WWI and a new Constellation he's buying from Lockheed for his Eastern Air Lines. Upon his arrival
in Burbank he is being met by the press and three of his four brothers (right from Eddie), Dewey, Al and Louis. I believe
this might be the plane about which, when upholstery material for it was being discussed, Rickenbacker said words to
the effect that the did the only thing he cared about seeing on the 88 seats were 88 asses.