1939 Studebaker coupe express - Page 77 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

panZZer · #**1141** 01-05-2017, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

Today the Mrs., the dog and I want to Cambridge City and dropped off my front bumper at the Chrome shop which used to be near Hagerstown. they have a big new facility in a block building with lots of room and light.

$575 with tax and four month backlog.

Yipes!

We then visited Antique stores in Cambridge City, Centerville and other small towns on the Old National Road (US40).

I bought some stuff for my building. A couple of old fireplace mantles, a piece of stained glass and a nice picture for the wall.

I sure hope you made sure they start the replate with a COPPER base for that kind of money.
if they don't I would call em back and stop the job. So many shops who don't do a complete job now because of epa rules try to tell all the potential customers who are knowledgeable about plating-that they don't need copper base plating, its like having some shop do a custom paint job -with no primer or prep work, the auto repop pars world offers all kinds of SUB standard china chrome parts with no copper base coat-and rust starts eating thru within 18 mos on, convertible windshield heard chrome , repop bumpers from "goodmark" etc, etc.

Is chrome clear?

t walgamuth · #**1142** 01-05-2017, 10:44 PM

Thanks for the tip. I'll look into that.

t walgamuth · #**1143** 01-05-2017, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan Stokes

Standing by with baited breath (I have to stop eating minnows!) to see how that works out. Seems like it should be groovy. Kids - it's really "bated".

Dan

Dan, did you say you use a cable on Mutt? Could you post pics of that please?

Dan Stokes · #**1144** 01-06-2017, 12:11 AM

Tom - I assume you're referring to the rack linkage?

I'm using a Speedway "spoon" type pedal assembly, kind of a street rod kind of part. Then there's a cable - again, universal hot rod part - out to the rack actuator. I probably won't have a chance to get a pic for a few days as we'll be out of town but if you look thru my build thread you'll probably find a shot or two - the pics should be fairly near the start of the thread. If they're not on here go to:

BangShift.com
Forums
Project Cars

"As promised, Dan's (sorta) New LSR Project"

There are a ton of pics on BS but it's a huge thread.

The down side to my setup is that the pedal movement is really short from idle to full rack. Not an issue for my application but might get tiring on the street. Still, you can make it work by extending the arm on the rack linkage so you get more travel.

A nice thing about the Speedway pedal is that it's almost infinitely adjustable so you can put the pedal anywhere you want it in terms of height off the floor, pedal angle, etc.

Dan

t walgamuth · #**1145** 01-06-2017, 09:03 AM

Thanks Dan! I'll sift through all that. It'll be fun I am sure.

charliebob · #**1146** 01-06-2017, 10:24 AM

I don't know if this will help, but here is a pic of my solution.

The cable is from an early 1990s F150.

Since you do not have AT, you could pull directly from the IP lever, similar to what Dan has done. You can also use the F150 accelerator pedal, although it will take some fabrication. The cable snaps in to the pedal assembly.

Takes some fabrication, but it is a cheap salvage yard alternative.

t walgamuth · #**1147** 01-06-2017, 12:33 PM

That looks fine to me. Thanks Charliebob!

mach4 · #**1148** 01-07-2017, 12:09 AM

One other possible, out-of-the-box solution I thought of would be to go with a hydraulic system. There are a number of custom applications like sand buggies that use hydraulics. They're a little spendy, but I think it might be possible to adapt a motorcycle hand brake/clutch master cylinder and a clutch slave cylinder to actuate the throttle. I got one to use as a way oiler on my CNC mill conversion.

....just a thought to add to the others proposed.

t walgamuth · #**1149** 01-07-2017, 08:59 AM

For now since the truck is drivable as is we'll just button it up and think some more. I am leaning toward the f150 setup since its simple and available.

The hydraulic link would be sweet but if it fails I'd likely be stuck somewhere.

mach4 · #**1150** 01-07-2017, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

The hydraulic link would be sweet but if it fails I'd likely be stuck somewhere.

...same for your brakes and clutch

That said, I think the cable setup is probably the best choice

...many aircraft use hydraulics for their control surfaces

And one last option just to complete the set - a servo. However, if you were for some reason to implement that you'd want a battery backup. Your throttle would be a simple potentiometer connected to something like an Arduino, which would drive the servo.....fly-by-wire

t walgamuth · #**1151** 01-07-2017, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by mach4

...same for your brakes and clutch

That said, I think the cable setup is probably the best choice

...many aircraft use hydraulics for their control surfaces

And one last option just to complete the set - a servo. However, if you were for some reason to implement that you'd want a battery backup. Your throttle would be a simple potentiometer connected to something like an Arduino, which would drive the servo.....fly-by-wire

You have got to be an Engineer to come up with some of these ideas! (you clearly have the skill to pull them off though

)

Dan Stokes · #**1152** 01-07-2017, 11:46 PM

Mack4 has a whole level of sophistication over me. As a retired MECHANICAL engineering tech my brain goes to the mechanical solution, not to say that the electronic one won't work better.

Did you find the pics of mine that you need or should I take some fresh pics?

Dan

t walgamuth · #**1153** 01-08-2017, 12:09 AM

I have not had the chance to go through the thread yet.

I just used the search this thread button above and found your pics of the throttle right away. It looks like the throttle pedal is way down from the brake pedal. Is this an illusion? If not is that a problem to get used to?

Dan Stokes · #**1154** 01-08-2017, 12:06 PM

Glad you found the pics.

It's not ideal but I've learned to live with it. The firewall mods got in the way so it is where it has to be. If your firewall isn't sticking out you can mount it wherever you want.

Dan

t walgamuth · #**1155** 01-08-2017, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan Stokes

Glad you found the pics.

It's not ideal but I've learned to live with it. The firewall mods got in the way so it is where it has to be. If your firewall isn't sticking out you can mount it wherever you want.

Dan

I'm sure in a vehicle designed what Mutt is for its easy enough to get used to.