Nice—I need those floor mats too

On Tuesday, September 6, 2016, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> I don't know about the rest of you, but for all the time I've  owned a
> vanagon the gas pedal has bugged me. It just never felt wide enough. The
> left side of my foot would be hangin off the side of the pedal. No room to
> shift foot over to the right. And for the last few months I've noticed that
> my pedal felt loose and wobbly underfoot.
>
> Well it turned out the plastic hinge was tearing. I have a spare pedal in
> good shape but I thought I'd try making a better one .
>
> Made a couple of prototypes, tried one, modified it, and it I think it
> really does feel better. More of my foot supported, no interference of foot
> and brake pedal ( haven't tried rolling foot type of heel and toe but it
> looks like it will be possible).
>
> Anyway, for a rough try the pedal works well.
>
> Pics and text here
>
> https://shufti.wordpress.com/2016/09/05/vanagon-fooling-
> around-with-gas-pedals/
>
> Alistair
>
> PS I installed the pedal with threaded inserts into the floor instead of
> pop rivets. Didn't take much to open the existing holes enough to install
> 10-24 inserts.