I can see this towing my next teardrop.

[Greg M]

This came across "Bring a Trailer" this morning, and I fell in love. I figured I'd share in case someone else has the ready cash.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Rip-Van- ... v4exp=true

[Shadow Catcher]

Very slowly
I had a 28 Chevrolet which would get up to 55mph but did not stop, narrow skiddy tires.

[48Rob]

A lot of old cars are poorly maintained, especially mechanical brakes, which most don't understand well enough to rebuild/bring back to original tolerances.
Once done however, they stop very well, and very fast.

My roadster has mechanical brakes, and stops well.
Once you add a heavy trailer though, it only makes sense to have trailer brakes, which I do.
A 6 volt brake controller allows the trailer to handle all the stopping needs for the combination.

Rob