Poor brakes with no feeling

[AustinWood]

A friend had a Standard Nine tourer with Bendix brakes. It also oiled plugs so the glove box was full of plugs & a wire brush to keep passengers busy.
They took it in for MoT in Guildford. When it was out to test the brakes it went down onto 3 cylinders and wouldn't reach 30mph for the Tapley brake test so the tester took it up a hill so he could test it on the way down. Unfortunately it then went down on to 2 cylinders and couldn't climb the hill. The tester then discovered that Bendix brakes don't work in reverse! He left it parked 1/2 on the pavement against a tree.