On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Bill Marshall wrote:

> I've noticed that with my '85, if I fail to release the hand brake, I can
> back out of the driveway OK, but when I try to go forward I really feel the
> brakes dragging.

I think this might be the 'self-energizing' feature of drum brakes.  The
geometry of the shoes and the rotating drum tends to draw the shoes in
while the vehicle is moving forward.
             _ _
  __ _ _   _| | |  | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE)              Ypsilanti, MI
 / _` | | | | | |  +-----------------------------------------------------
| (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org
 \__, |\__,_|_|_| "BSD is for people who like UNIX.  Linux is for people
 |___/             who hate Microsoft." -- Brendan Howes