Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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The bushing ended up being such a tight fit into the socket that I had to press it in, so I don't think I will need to put a set screw or anything to hold it in place, as I had thought.

Then I welded on the bottom column support, and put the pillow block on it and slipped the steering shaft down into the u joint on the steering box. It actually slipped in as if I had planned it that way. Never had that happen before.


After that I started to work on my gas pedal assembly. I have decided to fasten the gas pedal mount right to my cowl roll bar, rather that mount it to the firewall, as I wanted to do. There is very little firewall left with so much of the engine sharing space with me in the cockpit, and also by mounting the gas pedal to the roll bar, everything will be a part of the frame, rather than the body. It will give it a little more of a competition feel, wherein the body is just a skin, and the rest of the car is self contained.

I found just the perfect thing in my scrap bin for the gas pedal. It is a very old meat grinder handle. I think it will add a little rat rod flavor to the build, and it just happened to be the perfect shape. I cut off the wooden handle and fabbed up an arm to work my throttle cable. I inserted a steel bushing into the handle and welded it and the arm together. To try it for size, I made a temporary mount and put it under the dash. Once I figure out where my foot will hit the pedal, I will make some kind of a round pad and weld that to the handle, after I shorten it to the correct length.

Here are some shots of the handle, the pedal I made from it, and the mounted parts.

Thanks for looking,

Don