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foot pedal on floor

Post by bnold5000 » Mon Jun 27, 2022 12:26 am

There is a strange little foot pedal in the center of the floorboards just forward of the seat that is no longer hooked up to anything on my 1915 touring car. What was the purpose of the pedal?
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Re: foot pedal on floor

Post by bnold5000 » Mon Jun 27, 2022 12:27 am

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Re: foot pedal on floor

Post by Chris Instness » Mon Jun 27, 2022 12:56 am

Most likely was connected to an accessory exhaust cutout.
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Re: foot pedal on floor

Post by Norman Kling » Mon Jun 27, 2022 12:56 am

Is there anything below the floorboard? Such as a switch or a lever? It could have been a starter switch if the car had a starter at sometime in the past. Or it could be a muffler cutout switch or a switch to an exhaust whistle. If you can show what is below the floorboard, it might be easier to figure out what it is for.
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Re: foot pedal on floor

Post by KWTownsend » Mon Jun 27, 2022 12:52 pm

What does the business end look like?
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Post by DanTreace » Mon Jun 27, 2022 1:12 pm

If that pedal is a 'locking' pedal, with a small toothed notch and spring too), then an exhaust cutout was once installed. The locking is to keep the cutout open, until you hit the pedal and release the lock, before the cops catch up with you :lol: .

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If the pedal is just plain hinge, that is for an exhaust whistle, as you press and hold for just the instant sound, and a typical spring mounted some where in the connections allows the release for stopping the sounds.

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Re: foot pedal on floor

Post by TXGOAT2 » Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:08 pm

Early roadsters which featured a "Mother In Law" seat were often modified by young husbands such that a small pedal on the floorboard released a catch that allowed the Mother In Law seat to tip backward. Operating the device while underway would provide an immediate reduction in noise levels.
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Re: foot pedal on floor

Post by DanTreace » Mon Jun 27, 2022 6:07 pm

TXGOAT2 wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:08 pm
 ….allowed the Mother In Law seat to tip backward. Operating the device while underway would provide an immediate reduction in noise levels.
Now that’s a good one! Ejection seat 1909….way earlier than Bond, James Bond :lol:
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Re: foot pedal on floor

Post by Steve Jelf » Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:46 pm

I believe it's for the JATO.
The inevitable often happens.
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Re: foot pedal on floor

Post by bnold5000 » Tue Jun 28, 2022 11:43 am

i finally got a chance to check the pedal out in more detail. It has the tooth that locks it down and the spring……so it looks like i had an exhaust cutout at one time.
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Re: foot pedal on floor

Post by bnold5000 » Tue Jun 28, 2022 11:44 am

here is the underside
here is the underside
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Re: foot pedal on floor

Post by TRDxB2 » Tue Jun 28, 2022 12:34 pm

Take a look at the exhaust pipe towards the rear o see if you have something attached to it. May be that the spring from the pedal is gone
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