Adjustable Brake / Clutch Mounting

[Kevin Box]

Has anyone built a successful method of moving a floor mounted pedal assembly back and forward. I am trying to situate my pedal assy in a position that I can reach in comfort and also my wife can reach. The amount of movement in the cockpit of a GT40 does not allow for much seat back/ forward movement and I think I need to allow to bring the pedal closer so she can reach.

Thanks in anticipation


KevinB

 

[Jac Mac]

I was going to have a look at the electric seat adjustment rails out of our Subaru Legacy and see if they could be adapted to the pedal box assy for this purpose since I/we willl have the same problem, In fact the real problem will be keeping Donna out of the damn thing, probably a good reason not to finish it! Steering column is fairly simple with collapsible two piece shaft & clamp assy.

 

[Kevin Box]

The other option I thought of was the adjustable seat rack out of the bottom of something like a falcon seat. I am not too woried about having it easily adjustable but thought it would be an excellent idea if I needed a sober driver etc etc

 

[Jac Mac]

I would prefer to have something that was on a reasonable size thread rather than the notched rail of a manual seat adjustment. A bump or clout from another car at the wrong time could cause the mechanism to disengage, not a good thing if you want the pedals to be of any use at the time. Had that happen to the seat when flying a Cherokee into Wellington ( on what could be considered an average Wellington day ) , not a nice feeling to suddenly be about 10" further back from yoke & rudder pedals.

 

[Nick]

Hi Kevin,

The Marcos used to have an arrangement whereby the seats were fixed and the pedals moved. Originally by mechanical means and on the later models electrically. I’m not sure if the assembly was floor mounted of is they are still available. If you are interested a couple of places to try would be Marcos Owners Club Homepage or Redline Sportscars, Supplier of Marcos cars and all Specialist Sports vehicles.

 

[Andy Green]

I saw this unit being sold at a UK race car show earlier this year, which is based on a pair of seat runners and I though was very neat solution.

Regards
Andy