Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:12 pm
Jason if you look at the original patent drawings on Google they show the true M siren with govenor & brake.
The govenor hides inside one of the intake horns, so it's pretty unlikely you'll notice it driving by. The true M also has a brake as it left the factory. Brakes operated by a solonoid were an option on the H model although very few were sold with a brake.
I have an early H with the Howell Red Band motor and it has neither brake or govenor.
Unfortunately, between most of Sterlings business records going under the wrecking ball in the mid 60s, and Howell being sold at least twice, it is impossible to determine when anything early was built.
The govenor hides inside one of the intake horns, so it's pretty unlikely you'll notice it driving by. The true M also has a brake as it left the factory. Brakes operated by a solonoid were an option on the H model although very few were sold with a brake.
I have an early H with the Howell Red Band motor and it has neither brake or govenor.
Unfortunately, between most of Sterlings business records going under the wrecking ball in the mid 60s, and Howell being sold at least twice, it is impossible to determine when anything early was built.