It might be simpler to put a switch on the floorboard to energize the solenoid on your current starter. With a little creative tinkering, a starter switch for a Farmall tractor can be adapted to look virtually identical to the stovebolt foot start pedal.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!