i have a friend who is suffering from post polio syndrome. his right leg has atrophied to point he drives cross legged. at one time i know there was a bracket which bolted to accelerator pedal and had a pedal which allowed it to move to left side. i have searched suppliers and can't find one. anybody out there if and where i might find one? thanx! larry
that should be easy enough to fab up if you can't just buy a new throttle cable and relocate the pedal to where he needs it.
Several ways to go. Hydraulic assy (speedway motors) or fabricate one using a couple of 1/4 heim joints mounted on the firewall and a cross rod from left to right. Either way should be way cheaper than a specialty store.
I think the type of bracket he was thinking of that would move it to the left side used to be in the J.C. Whitney catalog. They advertised it as a way to relieve your stress on long trips. It looked like a steel rod that clipped over the existing pedal and extended to another pedal on the left side.
i was in an atv acciddent and broke my neck and now have very little use in my right side the make a right to left side adapter something kinda like this http://www.mountsidemobility.co.uk/acatalog/floor_mounted_left_foot_accelerator_pedals_.html i dont think it would be to hard to make its a very simple idea good luck
My Great Uncle was a Polio victim. He made his own left foot gas pedal setup. It was a rod bent into a wide U shape. The left side had a pedal and the right side just pushed on the regular pedal. It bolted to the floor where the floor bent up towards the firewall. He put that very same assembly in every car he owned. Worked great.
Thanx for the input. "aagie" was right on as to what i had in mind. someone has to have one out there some place. as to "fabricating" one my friend wouldn't accept any "real" changes to his car. in fact, i had to find a manufactured kit for his golf cart. some times he can be ultra anal!!!! again i appreciated all the info. larry
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