[Spridgets] Gas pedal bolt hole location

[Linda Grunthaner]

Hi Frank,
Will you be doing any rocker work on your 67?  I am headed down to the VW
Festival on Sunday in Englishtown so maybe I'll stop by and check out the
progress.

BTW I'm sure Frank Jr. knows about the VW show already but here is the link
just in case he and his VW friends are interested.

BTW I finally got to view your new 67 today. You are an inspiration to all
the LBC's out there. You ROCK!

*http://www.gti16v.com/eng2sho.htm#eng2sho*<http://www.gti16v.com/eng2sho.htm#eng2sho>

Lin




On 10/18/07, Frank Clarici <spritenut at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I just received the new floor pans for my 67.
> I know from previous floor replacements that the pans do not come with
> the gas pedal nuts or ground strap nut welded in place.
> So I am welding them in place before the pans go in the car.
> Ground strap was no problem, I even saved that piece of old floor.
> I saved the old gas pedal floor part too and the numbers just do not jive.
> I am allowing for the 3" toe kick up front.
> My original pedal nuts were 1.75" and 2.25" back from the toe kick
> or 4.75 and 5.25 from the front edge of the floor pan. The angle toe
> kick is 3" from the leading edge of the floor.
> Also I have 13.5 and 14.25" from the inner sill to the welded nuts.
> If I use these original measurements, the gas pedal on the new floor
> will be in the middle of the curve of the depression.
> And THAT AIN"T RIGHT! I remember making a bracket on Busters car because
> he had no nuts.
> On the 58 I put in a 1500 hanging gas pedal so I never bothered with
> floor mounted gas pedal nuts on that car.
> My 59 has a sheet of asbestos (type material) under the floor, it also
> has a 1500 gas pedal and I may have patched the floor on that car too.
> Either way, I do not have a Spridget to check measurements and I do not
> want to weld nuts in on the curve of the floor pan.
> Wrong floor? My bad on the numbers? Or do I install a 1500 gas pedal on
> my soon to be dead nuts original 67 Sprite? I already have the NOS, BMC
> gas pedal (floor mount).
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
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