37 Ford build--IE: old Header issues thread /37 Ford/5.0/GT40P heads

[bluestang67]

I see what you saying . What power booster bracket did you use . I will keep the original x member in the car . Man I can't wait till this car gets on the stands . Getting everything set up and glad you have these pics . I may be able to make a plate just haven't had the floor time under it yet.

[randyr]

I see what you saying . What power booster bracket did you use . I will keep the original x member in the car . Man I can't wait till this car gets on the stands . Getting everything set up and glad you have these pics . I may be able to make a plate just haven't had the floor time under it yet.

I started with a setup from ebay kinda like this one but from a different vendor http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1935-...Q5fAccessories

It included the booster & MC.

Here's a shot of another one without the booster & MC to give you a better idea how the bracket is made http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1935-...Q5fAccessories

I ended up buying 2 new pedals from P&J along with a new shaft which I had to cut to the length I wanted. There were some discrepancies with shaft sizes, pedal bushing size versus bracket size, etc which meant I had to spend a little extra at the machine shop getting everything to fit with the proper bushings etc. In the end I probably would have been money ahead to have bought P&J's whole kit and modified it to split the pedals. Live & learn.

I also had to mount the whole set up a little further back on the x-member to accomodate the pedal length and the setback from the big block firewall. You may not have that problem.
I can take better pictures of all that when I pull the engine back out again.

[bluestang67]

Randy pics then will be great . I can see this is the way I will go also since you have did such a fine tech article on this . I may be able to incorporate my pedals with a power assembly but either way I will mock off yours . My stock clutch cable I have has a 48" casing on it what is the length of the P&J you got . A design patent may be a thought from you here . People will be wanting these in the future all set up .


This will be a lot easier then making a firewall to mount hanging pedals and booster . Plus it will keep it more to a stock look , but way better clutch and braking performance .

[bluestang67]

Randy or anyone do you recognize these pedals . Sorry for bad pics was laying under car. Looks like they cut out a section of frame to get these in may not be original .

Randy these go thru the frame similar to what you did wonder if I could mod them to a power brake kit . Like all be cheaper then buying the pedal kit from P&J and then a power booster set to convert .

[randyr]

Randy or anyone do you recognize these pedals . Sorry for bad pics was laying under car. Looks like they cut out a section of frame to get these in may not be original .

Randy these go thru the frame similar to what you did wonder if I could mod them to a power brake kit . Like all be cheaper then buying the pedal kit from P&J and then a power booster set to convert .

Hey Bobby,
I'm not sure what they are but it seems like I remember when you posted pics of your frame several months ago that someone commented that the pedals looked like they were from a '39 Ford. Chassis Engineering makes an adapter for a power booster to fit the '39 pedals http://chassisengineeringinc.com/page61.html
As for the clutch pedal, you would need to flip that pivot arm around to the bottom to use a cable operated clutch because depressing the pedal would need to pull the cable instead of push it.

Sounds like this might work.....

[bluestang67]

Randy I may have mentioned it being a 39 frame since it has juice brakes but they may have been added also . Here is the above pic with no body . Yiou can click on it and use the zoom feature . Nope won't let you zoom from web shots this way .

[bluestang67]

Bobby,
It's a 40. I can tell because of the clutch linkage. 40's use a crossshaft and the rod comes right off the clutch pedal. On 39's the rod comes off the shaft to the right of the brake pedal and goes to a lever on the throw out shaft.
Gene

Ahh This guy says it is a 40 with the way the clutch assembly goes .So that would still work for it .

Randy you have been super help in me getting ready .

[randyr]

Randy I may have mentioned it being a 39 frame since it has juice brakes but they may have been added also . Here is the above pic with no body . Yiou can click on it and use the zoom feature . Nope won't let you zoom from web shots this way .

Yeah, those are the pics I remember seeing months ago when I was trying to figure out what to do with my clutch pedal.