Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:14:54 -0700
Reply-To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Seems kinda 'spensive for this gadget
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I was thinking about these devices recently during a long drive before I increased the seat travel in my Westy. Right leg cramps made me recall an old neighbor who had one of these in his car (Studebaker, to give you an idea), but much less elaborate than this one. Basically, it was an L-shaped rod that clamped to the base of the gas pedal, the long arm of the L rested on the floor and the short arm of the L rose on the left side of the clutch pedal. You might be able to make a primitive version out of a lug wrench and a bracket of some sort, but it would not be as adjustable as the one you linked to. That's where the big bucks enter the picture.
Stephen
--- On Tue, 8/18/09, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Seems kinda 'spensive for this gadget
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 2:57 PM
On 8/18/2009 9:26 AM Jake de Villiers wrote:
> Prolly 'product liability' costs in your fair nation.
Yeah? What's a similar gadget cost in your fair nation?
> If you'd lost that foot for good it would seem like a bargain.
You're not wrong!
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
Bend, OR
KG6RCR
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> With my right foot out of commission for a while, I am looking at items
> like Item #104, the Left Foot Gas Pedal, at
> http://www.handicapsinc.com/shoppingcart/agora.cgi?product=Accessories
>
> But $280 seems spendy for what appears to be a fairly uncomplicated
> thing.
> Of course, all the parts are probably made in small quantities, but
> still
> . . .
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
>
> --
> Beverley Anne de Villiers April 20, 1930 - July 4, 2009
>
> Jake
>
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>
> Crescent Beach, BC
>
> www.thebassspa.com <http://www.thebassspa.com>
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com>
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>
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