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| | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 61 Member | | Member Joined: May 2001 Posts: 61 | I really have enjoyed people's comments in here on my queries as well as others. I do have ANOTHER question.
I am installing a V8 on my 1950 1/2 ton Chevy. What do you (yall in TX) recommend for an accelerator pedal linkage? I want to connect to an Edelbrock carb (4 bbl of course). | | | | | Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 962 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 962 | There are a few options you can look into. One is to retain the stock pedal and try to adapt some bellcrank and linkage to the new carb. You can also look into aftermarket pedal/cable setups. I put a Lokar "eliminator" billet pedal in my '54 Bel-Air and I like it. It got rid of the old rod linkage. You've got to drill 4 small holes and cut one 1.5" by 9/16" slot in the floor to make it fit. Pedal arm goes through slot. Brackets and cable run from underside of floorboard up to carb. Just make sure pedal arm doesn't hit any linkage or lines. The pedal/brackets/36" cable setup is about 150 bucks.
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| | | | | Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 346 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 346 | Richie,
I used late '50s GMC V-8 pickup linkage in my '49. Bolted to two existing holes in '49 firewall and used same pedal as original '49. Almost a bolt on and looked dead stock to boot.
'38 Chevy 1-1/2 ton
'49 Chevy 1/2 ton
'54 Chevy 6400 2 ton
'55.2 GMC 3/4 ton
'56 GMC 1-ton
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,440 Moderator - The Electrical Bay | | Moderator - The Electrical Bay Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,440 | I scrounged around in a junk yard until i found a pedal i liked, then went to Autozone and dug through the cables until i found one that fit.. works great and looks good too. I had to modify a stock bracket to hold the carb end of the cable.
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