Re: 1956 Packard Patrician from Bring A Trailer
Posted by HH56 On 2022/8/18 19:17:56
Interesting. Seems easy enough to do and does not appear to give up the vent. Wouldn't work with factory AC but for the other cars looks like a decent approach.
From the photo it looks like they cut holes in the firewall above the vent and mounted a shortened universal pedal assy and reinforcing plates. The booster rod and mounting bolts extends thru the firewall. Cannot tell if anything under the dash had to be sacrificed except maybe the fuse holder was moved?? Is the heater/defroster plenum intact?
The universal hanging pedal assy looks like it might have been cut off somewhere above its pedal and most of the arm welded or fastened in some way to a modified stock arm and pedal keeping the Packard pedal in the regular position. The added length from the pedal pivot above the booster takeoff point plus the regular length of the Packard arm provides a good ratio.
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From the photo it looks like they cut holes in the firewall above the vent and mounted a shortened universal pedal assy and reinforcing plates. The booster rod and mounting bolts extends thru the firewall. Cannot tell if anything under the dash had to be sacrificed except maybe the fuse holder was moved?? Is the heater/defroster plenum intact?
The universal hanging pedal assy looks like it might have been cut off somewhere above its pedal and most of the arm welded or fastened in some way to a modified stock arm and pedal keeping the Packard pedal in the regular position. The added length from the pedal pivot above the booster takeoff point plus the regular length of the Packard arm provides a good ratio.
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225635_62fea73213b78.jpeg (47.60 KB) MPB universal pedal.jpg (60.52 KB)
engine cmpt.jpg (277.19 KB)
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