How to remove the pedal assembly

Thanks for your input, Bill! Sorry I assumed that all A-body cars were the same. Maybe what I said applies only to the '60-'62 models.

You see, SlantSixDan and I both own '62 models (the early series cars). On our cars, there are four mounting studs pointing forward out of the front of the pedal assembly, and two rear mounting studs pointing backward. The rear ones go through the dash brackets. Let's say that each stud is about 1-1/2" long. That means that you need at least that much clearance at one end of the pedal assembly in order to get either the front or the rear studs out of their holes. But in our cars there is about zero clearance. When all its fasteners are removed you can wiggle the pedal assembly a little bit, but that's it.

Obviously, when the car was built the front of the pedal assembly was inserted through the firewall and then the dashboard was bolted into place behind it. In order to remove the dashboard you need to remove the windshield because there are a bunch of Phillips head screws under the windshield molding that attach the dashboard to the body, and it's impossible to get a screwdriver in there without removing the windshield. So SlantSixDan is right in saying our cars were built around the pedal assembly. On the early series cars, W.P. Chrysler must not have thought the brake pedal assembly would ever need repair.

Apparently from what you say, Ma Mopar must have changed the method of attaching the pedal assembly sometime later. I wonder when?