Throttle Cable Conversion..????

Well got the van on the road Friday could not wait for a TRUCKIN so I took it to a local car show Saturday and got quite a few I use have or my parents had a early van and a hole lot of people looking at it. 100 cars showed up and I drove away with a trophy 1st show  a reward for spending 2 month's on the floor in my garage. One of my friends brought his new toy A early 60's dodge A 100 flat glass pick up with A built 360 I told him all about the web site. NOW for the question has any body goten rid of the gas pedal linkage and converted it to a cable my pedal is stiff and rubs on the top of the master and will not fully open the 4 barrels can I use the stock pedal and make A bracket or do I have to buy a after market pedal like A LOCAR floor mount to use a cable????

many diff sellers of the "lokar"type units=i have 2 lokar throttles & cables in some of my cars -really like them too- Yet as the cables are =twisted steel/stainless small cables= ive found that where they secure into the actual throttle areas - you need to solder them as to not allow the set screw attach areas to fray & eventually break in use /time .

I converted my G20-108 to cable throttle 37 years ago.
I used a third gen cable. Made a simple bracket at the
carb and a reversing linkage down at the peddle. If
anyone is interested I can try to post a picture.
comstock_108

THANKS for the reply's the carb bracket is no problem its the pedal part if you would post a picture of the bracket you made I sure would appreciate it I would like to keep the stock pedal if I can. Pictures tell a thousand words. .....JOE.........

good for you joe on 1th place thease old girls do that more than people think take home the trophys

THANKS BEAR I didn't get 1st place but I still brought home a trophe these's early model vans and pickup's are becoming very popular lately and are going up in value. I have 2 more friends here localy that are looking for a early van just look on the vanning websites and Ebay the ones that are decent are selling fast and for good money...............

realy if you think about it cars and old pick ups are all grabed up. vans next.

Comstock, I'd like to see some pics of the set up at the pedal. been kicking something like that around or rigging up a cross shaft like a ford in the tunnel. I hacked in a Fiero set up on my 65 but it aint pretty at the pedal.

Weather permitting I'll take pictures tomorrow .
I'm up at 6200 feet on the Comstock, so weather
is always question mark. Oh every time I take the
old girl down to sea level I scare myself and whoever
is with me!
comstock_108
PS Google Forth Ward School.
I can throw rocks to it.

No rush on my part. still fighting winter here also.

HEY Comstock 108 no rush on my part either it works for now I have plenty of other things to do on the van I will keep a eye out for your pictures. THANKS JOE....

Sorry about the delay...been under the weather.
Got the pictures today no I just have to get my
camera to talk to mu laptop. And then get the
pictures posted. I have never posted photos
before. Pardon the dirt I did this in 1976.
Stay tuned.
comstock_108

Hey guys I could not get my pictures
to post here. I did get it to post
on VCVC. I will post more soon.
Thanks
comstock_108

Simple and solid . I like it !

THANKS comstock-1o8 and Digz that will definitely give me something to work with looks real good back out to the garage this weekend....................

Thanks a lot Digz
comstock_108

I just put a throttle cable in mine. I used a similar idea but I was able to repurpose some of the removed stock linkage.

WOW!!!. . Very Impressive. What a clean set up.!!!! where did you get that bracket or did you make it? The one that has the C clip in the middle of it and how long of a cable did you wind up using??. I still haven't got around to doing mine yet.......

Thanks Joe!

That horizontal bracket is just a piece of flat stock, then I drilled a large enough hole to mount that arm on it. That arm is the one that the original throttle rod normally connects to on the inside of the doghouse. I just re-used the pin and C clip.

I used quick connect heim/rod end joints I ordered from McMaster Carr. They come in handy when adjusting all this stuff. The bracket the cable goes through was just something I had lying around...I may make a new one out of thicker material as this one flexes a tiny bit.

Still working on the bracket at the carb. It's going to bolt to that hole in the intake manifold.

Oh and doing it this way, I was able to get away with using a 60" cable. I bought a lokar one and am very happy with the quality.

That looks really good to me to. Stash that pic in info.

THANKS Scotty that's best set up I have seen yet.!!!!.Locar is the best out there...I have a 2ND gen motor box and the main bracket (lever ) I need that you used is different.!!! Once I recover some money back from some parts I bought I will see if anyone has one for sale must be that bracket is for the first Gens. . I am going to start collecting parts to convert mine over the same way.!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's my setup... I didn't want a lot of moving parts so I tried to keep it simple. Made a whole new bracket with brass bushings, new rod, kept the origional pedal and there it is....




This is on a 2nd gen.... Because of the tunnel I had room to do it this way.

That looks great!

mo_1040 That looks real good also.!!!!. I wonder if Scotty can still install a belly pan on the Van with the linkege arm faceing up and down like that.??. ......