Throttle pedal not convenient for accelerating

[bikemaniac]

Hi,

When driving a modern car I can keep the heel of my foot in the floor and bend my foot forwards for acceleration. The linkage is made in such a way that a normal sized foot naturally follows the travel of the pedal.

In a model A I feel I can only use the throttle pedal if I lift my entire foot from the floor in order to press the pedal. It is quite annoying, especially if you need to do a lot of driving in town. My leg never rests. This is due to the fact that the pedal does not follow the natural motion of the heel rested foot. There is a lot of friction between the foot and the throttle pedal and thus I am not in a "smooth" control of the pedal.

You probably all know what I mean. Am I driving the model A wrongly, do I have to bend something, is there an upgrade kit ... or something else?

Lucas

 

[Jim Brierley]

Does your A have the stock foot-rest mounted next to the throttle?

 

[John Duden]

Use the hand throttle

 

[harleytoprock]

If for some reason the pedal is too high from the floor board, your foot is not at a comfortable angle. Try playing around with the linkage length but make sure you get full throttle before the pedal bottoms on the floor. Worked for me.

 

[Kohnke Rebabbitting]

You put your foot on the foot rest, and then role your foot to the left for the throttle, easy.

Herm.

 

[Tacoma Bob]

I struggle with this as well. After many years of driving these cars what works best (although I'm still training myself) is to rest my foot on the foot rest with my heal on the floor and roll my foot to the left.

 

[Tom Wesenberg]

Yes, your foot and the throttle do swing in opposite arcs, but I have never found it to be a problem. You could fasten a thin piece of steel plate to a hinge and screw the hinge to the wood floorboard, then both would swing in the same arc. Put a little grease where the round pedal hits the steel plate.

 

[CarlG]

You might try one of these that the vendors offer:

 

[Bob Johnson]

I also roll my foot to the left while resting it on the foot rest. See link below for video clip of how I do it. Let me know if the link does not work.

Bob


Video clip link

 

[ModelAMike1930]

I have 2 of those aftermarket gas petals they work great..

 

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

I simply screw off the rest, works for me.
Bill W.

 

[hardtimes]

Hey Lucas,
I found that removing the 'foot rest', and installing a metal plate....keeps the pedal rod in center of hole thru floorboard and works more like other cars I drive.
You've experienced a 'situation/problem', IMO, that a lot experience. The foot rest is very uncomfortable, especially if you have leg problems..rolling leg/foot to left.

 

[Paul]

wear hard leather sole shoes,
modern shoes are far too soft and pliable

 

[Fred K-OR]

You put your foot on the foot rest, and then role your foot to the left for the throttle, easy.

Herm.

Do the same and works OK for me also. But need to maybe adjust the foot rest to the correct height.

 

[Willie Krash]

I find the original Ford design very comfortable. All the angles are just right, but that''s just me.

 

[Marco Tahtaras]

I find the original Ford design very comfortable. All the angles are just right, but that''s just me.

Yep, just adjust the rest to a comfortable height that works and the heel never leaves the floor. Living on the west coast of California (and not going into an office anymore) I wear flip-flops 90% of the time. I quickly downshift going into all right turns and many left turns. Never an issue!

 

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

A friend made a nifty throttle pedal by putting a hinge on a wooden sole, from sumbody's??? SANDLE!!
Bill W.

 

[V4F]

all ideas are good , but I changed to a cable & swing pedal & it is much easier & consistent .

 

[CarlG]

all ideas are good , but I changed to a cable & swing pedal & it is much easier & consistent .

Do you have a picture or diagram of how you accomplished this?