How do you want to do handbrake turns with a foot actuated brake?
Seems like a major loss to me.
Florian

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 8:46 AM, Keith Ovregaard <kovregaard@comcast.net>
wrote:

> Not that it's any of your business, Mike, but that's my girlfriends
> favorite place to... oh, never mind.
>
> But seriously, I am trying to build a subwoofer box with a cup holder/
> storage area and that darn brake handle is making it rather difficult.
> And it gets in the way of swiveling the driver seat, not that I do
> that too often.
>
> Lots of cars and trucks have those foot pedal brakes one the left side
> near the door pillar, which would work great on the Vanagon. Even the
> old buses had the brake in a better place, although it would stick out
> of the dash a ways when it was in park mode.
>
> Keith O.
> 90 Westy Syncro "VikingWagen"
>
> On Apr 8, 2008, at 3:04 AM, Mike wrote:
>
>  What are you doing on the floor between the seats?
> >
> > Mike B.
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Ovregaard" <
> > kovregaard@COMCAST.NET
> > >
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 3:35 AM
> > Subject: Foot actuated parking brake
> >
> >
> >  Just wondered if anyone has ever successfully modified the parking
> > > brake to a foot-pedal type. How I would love to loose the hand brake
> > > that always gets in the way of things...
> > > Keith O.
> > > 90 Westy Syncro "VikingWagen"
> > >
> >