removing gas pedal on '42

[jcmiller]

I need to remove the front mat/padding which seems to be original. It is very fragile and there is no slit to allow it to slide past the gas pedal like there is for the clutch and brake. How do you remove the gas pedal? I've searched this forum and it sounds like there is a bracket with studs for the lower attachment point, but I don't think I can get to it without mucking up the mat and pad. Is there a trick to this?

[TodFitch]

Pop it off. Bottom "hinge" is actually just the pedal popped on to couple of ball studs. Top of pedal is popped onto a ball on the end of the push rod attached to the end of the accelerator linkage.

With old rubber and rusty ball studs it might be stuck on. But you can buy new ball studs and replacement gas pedals are also available if you damage something pulling it off.

[jcmiller]

Thanks Tod!

[Plymouthy Adams]

another well guarded secret shot to pieces..now everybody knows...

[Don Coatney]

Round head stove bolts work well as the ball stud replacements.

[jcmiller]

Well the excitement of getting this thing running last month for the first time in a decade is tempered by getting my first really good look at the floor! I knew there was some rust but it's a bit worse than I expected. I keep telling myself it's 10X better than the car it replaced. It also looks like there has been some earlier surgery. On both sides there are sheet metal patches riveted to the floor. Some rivets were also used to hold down the removable floor pan after bolt heads were evidently twisted off. I twisted another one off myself and am still wrestling with the final one.