Maybe not for everyone but definitely works for me. I am fortunate to live in an area with twisty, curvy, hilly rural roads and often engage in ‘spirited motoring’. The problem was my bum was sliding all over the seat so I wanted a dead pedal footrest so I could use my left foot to push me back in the seat. Most modern performance cars have one. But my mantra is no cutting, drilling or welding on the original car so it can be quickly reversed and brought it back to stock condition.

So, the solution was some old wood 2x4, a large angle iron and some black spray paint. Not very pretty but it is dark down there in the footwell so all you can really see is the top surface. I have cheap rubber floormats in the car to protect the carpet so I cut a single slit that the angle iron fits into. You wouldn’t think that would be sufficient to hold it in place but it works like a charm. I can slip it in and out in about 20 seconds and it never so much as wiggles. If I ever get my other projects done I may get some ribbed rubber mat and glue it down to the outer surface.

BTW, the dead petal seems to really be more comfortable on my tired old back compared to having my foot flat on the floor.

 

I put one in my Series 1 XJ a couple of years ago.. it is from a later model Mustang. Works great... This replaced two pieces of 2X4 I put under the carpet = 0$ cost.

Put a piece of door threshold trim behind - screwed to the inside edge and then two screws to hold it place.. easy to install and cost about $10.00

 

petal or pedal?

me I like to stretch my left leg without anything in the way.

 

YES!!
If I want both legs scrunched up I can drive the Sonata!
(';')

 

you mean you have a Sonata? INFAMMY ! That's ok, I have a Ford minivan too.

 

Not to worry, the Sonata is only just barely the Adequate vehicle.

But I probably won't be throwing its timing chain (not capable of being driven that hard), and I doubt very seriously I'll drive it long enough to need another serpentine belt.
(';')

 

Mine is off the floor design because I still have a high beam light button on the floor below it!

Hard to see the floor button in that photo due to the shine from the insulation...

 

best switches ever made, my '65 S type has one, and the good news, I have a spare!! (that's me with the back to the camera at the Music City Jaguar Meet).

 

wait wait wait, hold the phone and pardon the brief thread hijacking.
My series 1 has some sort of button on the ground, are you saying that turns the high beams on?

 

yes either that, or it is the optional factory missile launcher accessory button. If it has a black rubber cover, it is for the high beams.

 

Yes, was standard on most USA cars and truck early on... have no idea about other foreign made cars but was in both of my S1 Jaguars.

Missile launching option was "expensive"...

 

Yup, I do miss floor mounted "dimmer switches". Just never have embraced the stalk thing.


Although, yesterday I was in my stalk that works equipped Jeep. A little white car swapped lanes from my left to just in front of me. Something about courtesy on the back in black letters. Oh, and the right brake light out ! I flashed it. No response??? Oh, it was a courtesy shuttle for the local Ford dealer. Call, naaah, I've no Fords at the moment, and a probable waste of effort.


Carl

 

It didnt have a black cover so it must be for some sweet James Bond style hardware, yeah!
I havent found any missle tubes yet, if not i guess a weird dimmer switch is a good second.

 

!! We didn't have a single grain truck on the farm that didn't have a floor dimmer!
(';')

 

Driving around in my youth most cars I drove had floor switch dimmers.

 

Rubber covers wore out and were seldom replaced.. mine has none and will not get one.

 

I just assumed everyone new the dimmer switch was the button on the floor if you didn't have one on the stalk.......you must be younger than most of us.
Unless I have been randomly firing missiles for the last 32 years.

 

my '65 S type has two 100 watt (each) auxiliary Harley Davidson motorcycle lamps and the switch-on-the-floor missile dispatcher. When those lights come ON at night, you should see the spectacle of flashing lights as I pass flying at 90mph waiving at them "YES IT'S ME HELLO!!"

 

Yup, as an old guy, I grew up on cars and trucks with floor mounted dimmer switches. I vaguely recall my first stalk car. *0's ????


I'd go back in a jiffy. Oh, I guess not. that would mean doing electrics on my back!!!


Carl

 

I'll be the contrarian . I prefer the stalk type dimmer switch.

Aside:

If you have a foot mounted dimmer, make sure it works! I work on many older cars with floor dimmers and, as often and not, they're inoperative. The floor is a rough environment. The switches are often corroded. Sometimes just exercising brings 'em back to life. Other times a dousing of WD40 (or whatever), followed by electrical contact cleaner, does the trick.

Cheers
DD