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Need some advice from you car builders on how I can get more room to add a 3rd. pedal to my 37 chevy truck. Wasn't much room to begin with and I can move(don't really want to) my firewall back 3-4" but even doing that the pedals will be real close together and my size 11 shoes will be on both pedals if mounted below steering colume. Would like them next to steering colum if possible. Must be a way because thats what the truck had when new.

Dumb as it sounds, wear shoes similar to driving shoes.

Many of the athletic shoes available nowadays are more like a real-short boot than they are a pair of tennies.

Wearing boots in the tight confines of a hot rod don't cut it most times.

Well you can do any-thang, but lay off of my blue suede shoes.....
Safety Racing Suede Leather Driving Shoes

I wear driving shoes, because my sneakers are two wide in the toe area. With my sneakers it's too easy to hit the brake and the gas at same time. Done that, scares the crap out of you.

Another more expensive possibility is to replace your steering column with one of the new short columns The steering shaft is just the 3/4" double D shaft which gives you more room at the firewall than a standard column. You could also add one of the Steer Clear units give you more room for pedals and feet by offsetting that allow you to mount your short column up to 16" off of the floor. Speedway sells them ($600 - $700). Not cheap buy a way to find more room for a 3rd pedal.

For the additional $1000 (Steer Clear + shorty column) you can buy a lot of driving shoes.

Mopar Thanks for the info. Sounds like a neat way to go. I'll check into that info. Bart

Chevy there are some compact factory cars that have some that work great if you have the hangers . I tried some 67 mustang i have which allow the steering column to go between brake pedal and clutch pedal . I didnt like that because may have push fuel pedal over not there yet was just thinking ahead. I found some from a 94 Mustang that is really compact and sit to the left of column. Even if you move them on you can catch them with the toe pad of your foot . Way its done in a Mustang anyhow . They where cheap and even if i have to modify arms i can get them to fit perfect . Here is a couple pics and i think the A has a smaller foot well then your truck .

67 first pic

94 second pic

I am using the original pedals in my 37 p/u,I also have a original column too and I still have the six and its hooked to a T-5 so there is no hump in the floor. I guess it was easy for me and I can see it will be hard to keep 3 pedals in one if there is modifications to the floor area so I dont know what to tell you since mine will probably never get a V8 and have any firewall or floor modifications. Jeff

About the tightest configuration of pedals I've ever experienced was in a VW bug,but I could and did drive it with size 11 steel toe work boots. I think if you narrowed your brake pedal,and scooted it over to the right a little,you'd have plenty of room for a small clutch pedal. Hank

How about a swinging pedal set up out of a 50's Ford. These were used a lot back in the day.