[Tigers] Gas Pedal stop on eBay

[Dave Munroe]

Randy:

It wasn't until I recently installed a new interior that I discovered the two
holes with welded nuts beneath on my tranny tunnel. I had an email from coolVT
- Mark L who pointed out that there is also a throttle stop on the top of the
tunnel consisting of a small bolt with a lock nut threaded into a welded nut
underneath as well.

If you are a relaxed driver who seldom puts the pedal to the medal, you are
not likely to ever suffer a stretched or worse, broken throttle cable or carb
linkage. But if you are want to occasionally smoke the tires or hammer the
throttle, passing a line of slugs, then its wise to have one of these,
properly adjusted, so the worst you can do to the linkage is mash the rubber
stop. I admire your restraint!
Here's a photo of the one I made - installed over the vinyl:



All the best,

Dave


----- Original Message -----
  From: Alexander Washick
  To: Randy Zimmermann
  Cc: Dave Munroe ; tigers at autox.team.net
  Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 4:59 PM
  Subject: Re: [Tigers] Gas Pedal stop on eBay


  Hi Randy  Yes is mounted on top of the vinyl/carpet and I suspect that is
why so many are missing. You have to locate those 2 10/32 weld nuts through
the carpet to it in the regular position.    Dave   Thank you for the nice
compliment.   Al


  On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Randy Zimmermann <zimme008 at yahoo.com>
wrote:

    I feel I'm falling victim to marketing principle #4 - create a market for
    something the consumer doesn't even know they need.


    Having restored a MkIa
    back in the mid-90's, I never knew such a thing existed.  Frankly, I
haven't
    had any pedal issues since it's been on the road, either.  However, I
don't
    doubt the devise is valuable and has utility.


    The picture on eBay shows it
    attached directly to the tunnel.  With my repro-carpet kit, I have a
section
    of vinyl on that area.  Is this devise intended to be attached over the
    vinyl/carper area?

    Thanks,

    Randy in Duluth
    67 Tiger MkIa
    ________________________________
     From: Dave Munroe <dave at munroe.ca>
    To:
    tigers at autox.team.net
    Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 2:16 PM
    Subject: Re:
    [Tigers] Gas Pedal stop on eBay

    Well if there's a market someone will fill
    it! During our conversation on the list about this essential but often
lost
    part of the throttle system, I received an email from Al Washick who was
in
    the process of reproducing these throttle stops, and he put one up on
eBay
    today:
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sunbeam-Tiger-Accelerator-Pedal-Stop-Reproduction
-/11
    0863344836?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item19cff8
64c4
    They look better than the original, what with the powder coating and ss
pan
    head screws to boot. Too bad that when mounted, you can hardly see the
    craftsmanship!

    If you need one, here's your chance!

    The usual disclaimer
    applies...

    Dave
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