Mortimer wrote:
":Jerry:" wrote in message
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Not sure what you mean about 'umbrella' - what do other use?

They literally have what looks like the handle end of a umbrella
sticking out of the dash, hence the name.
Ahhh - the parking brake release. Yes. Never heard that term before.
Some vehicles use the same lever to apply the parking brake.

"Some"? Every car that I've seen which has an umbrella-type handbrake (eg
1960s Ford Cortina and Corsair, and Renault 4, 6 and 16) or a spade-handle
handrake (Citroen GS and CX) has used the same lever to apply and release
the handbrake.

With the specific parking brake I posted about, there is an extra
"pedal" - in the UK, it is to the right of the accelerator and close up
to the side of the well. You have to lift your foot up quite a long way
in order to step on it. As you step on it, the umbrella thing comes out
of the dash (maybe it's from under the dash - details are hazy). To
release it, you grab the umbrella, press on a lever/button/something and
push gently.

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