1970 Dodge Dart
Little bit of fab work today...I had installed a floor mount gas pedal from jegs in my 70 Dart but the angle that the pedal set was totally atrocious, it sits at such a cocked back screwy angle its impossible to even give it half throttle.
If you want something done right ya gotta do it yourself...so being a knifemaker/metalworker by trade I hopped on my CAD program and drew up a design for a custom Gas pedal which I could mount on a wedge shaped bracket to change the angle of the pedal from canted way back to sitting just short of perfectly vertical making it much easier to switch from using Brake Pedal and throttle pedal without having to reposition your leg.
I machined the pedal out of 1/4" thick piece of billet aluminum. The finished pedal weighs 5 ounces. It's a bit on the large end but I have never liked those tiny little gas pedals so I made mine 2.5" wide X 7.5" tall. Perfect for my Sasquatch boots.
I still need to do one more modification to the plate itself, I want to chamfer all the holes to give them a dished look, this will shave a bit more weight and give the pedal a more 3 Dimensional look. I also am going to add a strip of rough textured skateboard tape to the middle unskeletonized section of the pedal to keep the foot from slipping when working the throttle.
Once i Install this one I will be making a matching one for the Brake pedal as well.
#builtnotbought
Little bit of fab work today...I had installed a floor mount gas pedal from jegs in my 70 Dart but the angle that the pedal set was totally atrocious, it sits at such a cocked back screwy angle its impossible to even give it half throttle.
If you want something done right ya gotta do it yourself...so being a knifemaker/metalworker by trade I hopped on my CAD program and drew up a design for a custom Gas pedal which I could mount on a wedge shaped bracket to change the angle of the pedal from canted way back to sitting just short of perfectly vertical making it much easier to switch from using Brake Pedal and throttle pedal without having to reposition your leg.
I machined the pedal out of 1/4" thick piece of billet aluminum. The finished pedal weighs 5 ounces. It's a bit on the large end but I have never liked those tiny little gas pedals so I made mine 2.5" wide X 7.5" tall. Perfect for my Sasquatch boots.
I still need to do one more modification to the plate itself, I want to chamfer all the holes to give them a dished look, this will shave a bit more weight and give the pedal a more 3 Dimensional look. I also am going to add a strip of rough textured skateboard tape to the middle unskeletonized section of the pedal to keep the foot from slipping when working the throttle.
Once i Install this one I will be making a matching one for the Brake pedal as well.
#builtnotbought
