Well guys, tired of seein the same ole gas pedals on everyones cars. Ive got a couple ideas for a loud pedal but just wondered if any one else was doin anything diffrent? Hammer Hank
A very talented builder i met a few years back actually used a real spoon as a gas pedal on his hand fab'd aluminum "T" touring. I think he mounted it over a spoon style pedal.. I thought it was cool, and got a good laugh out of it..
I used to run a real stainless spoon,until I bent the heck out of it. Then I just made a 'spoon' out of 1/4" steel,and let it rust. (The buisness end is polished smooth,courtesy of brogan#10 Sparky
I don't know if you saw this last time you were here Hank. On the Essex I'm using an old Base drum pedal. It hinges and looks cool. NOW LAYDOWN!!! DILLIGAF
A spoon........ looks correct in a 32 IMHO.......and easy to get used to. I was after the more original look.....not the competition, Billet or Street rod look. .
Home-made billet TM aluminum. Teflon and UHMW bushed. The NHRA and SCTA required pullback loop needs to be cut a little shorter.
As funny as that sounds,,,I was on my way home from the 1983 nats south when it was in Columbia,South Carolina in my model A pickup when the throttle cable attachment on back of the gas pedal snapped,,,,,, I eased over to the side of the road and discovered that it couldn't be repaired with what I had with me,,,time to think outside the box. The solution was easy,,, my Mrs. said,,,"why not use the shoulder strap that clips on my pocket book"(purse for you non-southerns). I was able to drive home with the pulling of the strap to give the motor gas,,,Just hard to keep it a steady speed,,HRP
Mines an ugly Lokar billit junk looking thing.....made nicer by blasting it, drilling holes in it and painting it flat black.
i'm still tryin' to find a foot control from a douglas dc-10 airplane for my chevy... i like the look of those. tred.
Ever seen one of these? My friend Jim Richmond's dad had a speed shop in Ohio way, way back. He made all sorts of cool thing for early hot rodders around Ohio. His son Jim knew these pedals were out there but it took years to find one. When he did he sucured there survival and had 5 of them made off the original. This is one of those five! It says... OHIO RICHCRAFT Also Hank. Go to a motorcycle junk yard and check out the brake pedals! You've drivin mine with the old Harley pedal. Old Triumph and BSA Brake pedals are cool looking and usually chrome.
MIne's a 73 Malibu donor car pedal assembly with the plastic pedal removed and a 25¢ freeze plug welded to the end of the rod.
Saw this once. Neat use for an old con rod. http://us.f3.yahoofs.com/users/42ae1582z41be8013/mail/__sr_/e80a.jpg?phxHR5CBbvJQVXou Yup, it was in this thing(46 Chevy). Great craftsmanship, but it's really ratty. http://us.f3.yahoofs.com/users/42ae1582z41be8013/mail/__sr_/1819.jpg?phxHR5CBsc.EEYIT Damn, my pics always do that
3W-Larry, very nice. Nickel plating should give them the just-right look. Here's some billet TM aluminum pedals my little brother made for his 8 second Henry J.
Rocky, krupanut and I are running these for the "GO" pedal...! Attached Thumbnails http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=429910#post429910 It's the first pedal on the thread..., I just can't seem to transfer the photo..!!
Connected to an antique rheostat, believe it was a sewing machine control, flat bottom frame with mousetrap type return spring. Premium, turn up in auction boxes ocasionally, for a buck or two. http://www.directimagehost.com/is.php?i=106878&img=DSC02643.JPG
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