Who owns a Contemporary?

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To Zimmy:

I too have the floor mounted brake and clutch pedal assembly. Since I purchased my car used and am not a "Contemporary" expert I cannot say that mine was a factory set up that way. I will state that it was a very poor design with excessive flex, poor pedal positioning, excessive ratio(s), sloppy side to side pedal movement, dangerously small pivots, and many other draw backs.

I completely redesigned the system. Since I have size 12 feet, pedal position was very important to the design.

The end design is now a modular unit made from 1/4" thick steel. It that can be removed from the bottom of the car without removing the pedals or master cylinders. ( Of course to totally remove from the car the lines must be disconnected but there is enough line length to allow other service to be done) The pedals are bell crank in design and allow initial adjustment to suit your shoe size and leg length. Pivot points are suspended in pillowblock bearings with 1/2" shafts. Final pedal ratio is 6:1. ( I am 5'11" with long legs and have no interference with the steering wheel)

Very strong without any flex.

I also have a lakewood scattersheild and a slave cylinder with clutch fork. To properly clear the frame and trans. tunnel I had to shorten the clutch arm and fabricate a special mount for the slave cylinder.

I would be glad to share with you how with pictures if you wish to discuss further. Probably best to speak person to person. My phone # is 541-447-1398.