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foot pedal on floor
There is a strange little foot pedal in the center of the floorboards just forward of the seat that is no longer hooked up to anything on my 1915 touring car. What was the purpose of the pedal?
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Re: foot pedal on floor
Most likely was connected to an accessory exhaust cutout.
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Re: foot pedal on floor
Is there anything below the floorboard? Such as a switch or a lever? It could have been a starter switch if the car had a starter at sometime in the past. Or it could be a muffler cutout switch or a switch to an exhaust whistle. If you can show what is below the floorboard, it might be easier to figure out what it is for.
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Re: foot pedal on floor
What does the business end look like?
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Re: foot pedal on floor
If that pedal is a 'locking' pedal, with a small toothed notch and spring too), then an exhaust cutout was once installed. The locking is to keep the cutout open, until you hit the pedal and release the lock, before the cops catch up with you .
If the pedal is just plain hinge, that is for an exhaust whistle, as you press and hold for just the instant sound, and a typical spring mounted some where in the connections allows the release for stopping the sounds.
If the pedal is just plain hinge, that is for an exhaust whistle, as you press and hold for just the instant sound, and a typical spring mounted some where in the connections allows the release for stopping the sounds.
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Re: foot pedal on floor
Early roadsters which featured a "Mother In Law" seat were often modified by young husbands such that a small pedal on the floorboard released a catch that allowed the Mother In Law seat to tip backward. Operating the device while underway would provide an immediate reduction in noise levels.
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Re: foot pedal on floor
Now that’s a good one! Ejection seat 1909….way earlier than Bond, James Bond
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Re: foot pedal on floor
I believe it's for the JATO.
The inevitable often happens.
1915 Runabout
1923 Touring
1915 Runabout
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Re: foot pedal on floor
i finally got a chance to check the pedal out in more detail. It has the tooth that locks it down and the spring……so it looks like i had an exhaust cutout at one time.
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Re: foot pedal on floor
Take a look at the exhaust pipe towards the rear o see if you have something attached to it. May be that the spring from the pedal is gone
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