57 356 A mild resto

[John Pierce]

Can you take a picture of the area in question? Do you mean the flange?

[merbesfield]

[bbspdstr]

John wrote: "The little things can really eat up a day's time!"

Wait until it's time to put the whole car back together again .....

Per my adult education courses via many conversations for many years with other restorers and especially with the younger Eric Wills, the reason he is now doing only mechanical components like engines and transaxles...suspensions and the like.....is due to the ability to get paid for those aspects from a teardown and a very close estimate.

The "full" restoration work from beginning through rust repair, bodywork and paint can be/get paid for......and then restorers tend to give back any profit made during the assembly process. Details on top of details that siphon off time that is hard to explain even if legit, so it just gets forgotten even though it's all "eating up time." If billed (trust me on this)the pushback from the customers gets started and can screw up a good relationship. A potentially very bad and unhappy result.

'Nuff said, other than "good luck with assembly."

-Bruce

[merbesfield]

[John Pierce]

The little things can really eat up a day's time!

[merbesfield]

PS Yes I did all this with the clutch pedal assembly in place. Just removed in pics for final cleanup and prep.

[merbesfield]

[John Pierce]

Mark,

I placed the accelerator/brake assembly in position so there was a straight line to the linkage at the center tunnel. Just make sure nothing binds. The floor boards will need a little shaving to fit nicely. Take a look at my build where I went through the same process.

HTH.

JP

[merbesfield]

They frequently need a bit of trimming to fit/remove easily.

Thank you. Any hints on how to position the accelerator pedal?

[Jack Staggs]

They frequently need a bit of trimming to fit/remove easily.

[merbesfield]

I have the foot boards in hand but before I can install the brackets I need to be sure I have the proper alignment for the accelerator pedal. Can anyone give me some pointers of what I need to check before I weld the drivers side bracket in place? It also looks like the floor board is too tight to the high beam button on the top left corner. With the board laying flat and tight on the metal framework it is very tight to the aforementioned switch. Is this correct? I bought the boards from Sierra Madre and assume they are correct. Can anyone post some detail pics of DS floor board and the bracket? Thx for help Mark

[Don C]

A member here, Tom Perazzo, was making the floor boards with the trap door...very cool!

[badsix]

I think you can pull the top of the board towards the steering wheel enough to lift it past the washer pump. a neat feature I like is the cut out for the passenger side lots of storage there for spare parts or whatever. I just saw a passenger floor board that someone is making but can remember were or who. EBay
Jay D.

[Don C]

Mark,
The boards are held in place with spring clips that go thru that squarish loop at the top of the toe board.
http://www.stoddard.com/64455163100.html
I'm cheap so I leave them out, they don't move with the weight of the rubber mat on top of them.

[JTR70]

That's the way I did the front drains as the distance was too long to plumb in steel tubing for the entire run. Nice looking peddle boards. That's the washer pump its running into and it looks like you'll have to shave a little off for it to clear.