Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:21:57 -0700
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From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Seems kinda 'spensive for this gadget
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Ah yes, the big bucks. Jake suggests that the big bucks some from the US
of A's liability laws, but I figure if J.C. Whitney can sell the amazingly
cheap crap they put in their catalog for such low prices, customers are
SOL if some aftermarket thingy breaks.
--
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 8/18/2009 2:14 PM Stephen Grisanti wrote:
> 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
> <http://us.mc1106.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=camping.elliott@gmail.com>
> <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com
> <http://us.mc1106.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=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
> <http://www.thebassspa.com/>>
> > www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com/>>
> > http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
> >
>
>
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