Spider accelerator/gas pedal

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124spiderman
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Your car is a: 1973 CS Spider
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Spider accelerator/gas pedal

Post by 124spiderman »

Hello again.
Perhaps I need to post this elsewhere?
Firstly, i need to mention that my car has been converted to Right hand drive. (I live in Australia)
Could someone post a pic of how the top of the gas pedal is supposed to look like. I suspect mine has been bastardised to accomodate the RHD conversion.

Many thanks

Also. may need help locating/buying a pedal.

Cheers :wink:
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Curly
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Your car is a: 1968 AC Coupe and a 1976 CS1 Spider
Location: Gippsland - Victoria, Australia

Re: Spider accelerator/gas pedal

Post by Curly »

When I converted SPYDUH to RHD I copied the setup on my RHD 124 AC coupe. That meant fabricating up a tricky little bracket which the nylon pivot blocks mount onto and welding the bracket in the correct location on the curved panel of the inner wheel well. I don't know how other RHD converters solved the problem, no doubt each one is different :roll:

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You should be able to source a pedal assembly from a Coupe somewhere in Sydney, they never wear out. Try Ross Smith at Fiatorque.

Here's a pic of the standard set up in an AC Coupe.

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Re: Spider accelerator/gas pedal

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Thanks mate, :) I need to see the part of the pedal that the cable hooks onto.
It just seems to be cropped out of the picture.
It should be like your 2nd pic (AC coupe), but mine doesn't look anything like it.
I'll try and post a pic of mine later.
owned: 850, 124S/AC/BC/CC,128SL, 125S, 600D, X1/9, 2300, 131, 132, Uno, Punto
I own: 124CS, 500F, Bravo Sport T-Jet
I want to own: 8V, DINO SPIDER/COUPE, ANY ABARTH, '54 FIAT-TURBINA
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Your car is a: 1968 AC Coupe and a 1976 CS1 Spider
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Re: Spider accelerator/gas pedal

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Here's the top end of SPYDUH's pedal .......

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.... and this is what the throttle cable connection point looks like :)

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Hope that helps.
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124spiderman
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Re: Spider accelerator/gas pedal

Post by 124spiderman »

Thanks mate, you're a legend!
mine doesn't look like that. Its been sawn off. :?
Is that pedal from a spider? Would you consider selling it?
Otherwise I will need to cut the top off a coupe and graft it onto mine.
I need to sort this prob because I have to replace the accelator cable.
owned: 850, 124S/AC/BC/CC,128SL, 125S, 600D, X1/9, 2300, 131, 132, Uno, Punto
I own: 124CS, 500F, Bravo Sport T-Jet
I want to own: 8V, DINO SPIDER/COUPE, ANY ABARTH, '54 FIAT-TURBINA
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Curly
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Your car is a: 1968 AC Coupe and a 1976 CS1 Spider
Location: Gippsland - Victoria, Australia

Re: Spider accelerator/gas pedal

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The pedal shown in the bottom pic is from an AC coupe and one I'd like to keep as a spare (sorry not for sale :( ) . It's identical though to the one that's in SPYDUH, but I'm not sure if that was the original LHD one that I transplanted, or one from another RHD coupe :roll:.
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Re: Spider accelerator/gas pedal

Post by mdrburchette »

I wonder if an early Spider pedal would help. I'll look for one I took out of a 72 parts car. If you're interested PM me.
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