Who Makes the 32 Pedals for Hydraulics?

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billontario

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Help!! Someone was making replacement pedal assemblies for the '32 Ford with the arm from the brake pedal already moved to accomodate putting 1940 type hydraulics on. Do any of you know this website? They also made the lower hose offsets to fit an 8BA in.
I have a nice old 32 2 door Model B that doesn't stop well, so I don't drive it. I put floaters on the front, new lining checked for excessive wear and it still locks up the rear early I find. I can't let the kids drive it so I want to use a better system, Lincoln style front and Ford rear. Thanks for your help.
Bill
 
Just sent you a Private Message... Richard AND: You DON'T need to modify the scarce and valuable 32 pedals whatsoever to accomplish the conversion, or to
drill/cut/weld anything else, and don't have to relocate the battery as is required by every other method or product that I am aware of...

Also note that the original pedals are FORGINGS and are reasonably strong. They have to be not only because it was often necessary to REALLY STAND on the pedal to try to stop' but also because the way they are offset adds a "twist factor" to them. If you look at original and well-used pedals, you will notice that the bushings are always worn on top at one end and at the bottom at the other end... due to the twisting. Material like cold roll, especially if only 3/8" thick, will most likely not be strong enough for hard stops.
 
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I'm working on a '32 using the Bishop Tardel book "How to Build a Traditional Ford Hot Rod" as a guide for my hydraulics conversion. They write about cutting off the arm to the mechanical linkage and rewelding it onto the bottom to activate a master cylinder. Of course, they didn't give any dimensions or good photos. I wouldn't do the cut / reweld thing, so I cut a new pedal out of 3/8" steel plate and bent it to replicate? the '32 pedal. I was working at the time and had access to some sheet metal software that allowed me to do a 3D model, flatten it out and then make a template. Worked out well. Of course, that was before I heard about EV8 Garage (Richard in a post above.)
 
I have done way too many in the old days.
The most popular way was pretty well figured out by Fran Hernandez in 1948.
I think that was even before he was working for Hot Rod Magazine. Anyway the article was in one of the first year Hot Rod Mags.
Use the stock pedal assembly. Cut the actuating arm off and weld it on the bottom
so it pushes back. Mount the master cylinder on the back of the cross member in line with the push rod.
If you don't weld, have it tig welded..5 minute job. Don't skimp here.
Column shifts were in vogue back then and to add one to the pedal mod, all you did was to narrow the pedal box EXACTLY one inch. This was to clear the side shift rods.
 
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