Why is there a clutch pedal in my truck?

[Ricks1971]

Lets look abit closer! Alright is there a metal stick or shaft with a knob on it coming out of the floor near the center or closer to the steering wheel? Does the car take off by itself when you start it? If you have said yes to these queations the truck is a stick or manuel transmission truck!

[67 cst swb]

Ok, so was this peddle pushed to the floor (under floor mat) or was it a very obvious (can't believe you didn't notice it before while sitting in the drivers seat, could of pushed it in at anytime while driving) peddle hanging there, or is it a clutch peddle cut off at some point between the peddle pad and the pivot point? I'm not following the visual here.
Feel feel to PM me your response...
I'm using a clutch pedal assy in my auto truck I'm building, so my plan it to either find a space from an Auto truck or cut off the clutch pedal arm up close to the pivot point.

[Sweet72]

LOL! Dude, you should have known better than to expect a serious answer to a question like that. IF you're not dreaming, and you have taken that second look to make sure it wasn't a gremlin's leg hanging outta the dash, then I'm with a previous poster who suggested that BEER may have somehow been responsible for the extra parts.

[Mordachai]

Originally Posted by mrein3

The same reason why there is a clutch pedal in my truck. I bought the truck with a 3-speed manual. I swapped it out for a th350. I never got around to taking the extra pedal out.

How the bleep didn't you notice the extra pedal?

I still find it quite comical to see somebody jam on the clutch pedal that is connected to nothing and get that look on their face like they just broke something.

^ haha, I left the pedal in my truck when I put the TH350 in there too, mainly cause I thought I would swap a 5speed back in.

But I put a B&M shifter with a manual shift boot to cover it up.

I laugh my ass off when people think the broke the clutch and can't get the shifter in 'first'

This thread rocks

|M|

[retodd7711]

How do we know this is actually a clutch pedal? If it's in an automatic truck then it's just a pedal, not a clutch pedal.
Could be a very RARE option.

[oldgold70c10]

When I switched cabs the new cab had a clutch pedal in it. I thought of leaving it there, but it was easy enough to remove, just remove the bolt on one side and the pedal and shaft slides out the other! Maybe you should leave it there as a joke!

[corn]

Anything can happen over the years. I had a 70 monte carlo a long time ago & I was going to install a 4 speed in but only got as far as installing the pedals while I hunted the other parts needed. Along came a fella that wanted it worse than I did. Sold it to him & now your story reminded me of that car. Maybe someone was going to install a manual trans or did install a manual trans for a while & you ended up with it. I wouldnt worry about it & if it gets to you, just take the pedal out & install a spacer...

[68C15]

this reminds me of when I swapped in a TH350 into mine. I never got around to crawling under the dash to remove the thing at all. I covered the hole in the floor and swapped in an auto column from a later truck. then a few months later i took it in to get new exhaust run. the guy called me later asking "how the *&^% do I start the thing and where is reverse?" he got confused by the column mounted lock cylinder and the clutch pedal. LOL

[72 CustomCamper]

I had a Bronco that was reversed. Originally an auto and somebody swapped in a 4 spd leaving the auto column. I freaked a buddy out one night, driving in 4th gear, yanked the column shifter into low and floored it. Told him I needed more passing gear. LOL Should of seen the look on his face...


Chuck

[72cheyennesuper20]

Originally Posted by Slammed70

I was under my dash the other day messing with my wiring....and I never noticed it before but theres a damn clutch pedal down there. But it has the original auto colum in it....what the hell?

Your cool. This post made me LMAO

[special-K]

Originally Posted by bw4sale

I had a 72 that had the clutch pedal pushed all the way up under the dash like that. I didn't know it for a few weeks. I knew it had been converted from manual to auto when I bought it though.

That made me see how the pedal could be there w/o knowing.But,all the trucks I`ve had the pedal hits the floor and wouldn`t go up there.

I helped my neighbor put a Saginaw 4spd in his`68 a couple weeks ago.I see he`s been driving it around.Now this guy parts trucks out all the time.He tears them down all the way.I stopped by yesterday,but he wasn`t there.I looked in his`68 to see how the shifter worked out.He still has the 3spd shifter in the column.I`m sure he knows how to pop the pin out by now.

[bw4sale]

That made me see how the pedal could be there w/o knowing.But,all the trucks I`ve had the pedal hits the floor and wouldn`t go up there.

Yeah, I don't remember exactly how it was, but it seemed like it pushed back far enough to be out of sight while sitting in the driver's seat. It may have been modified in other ways, too. I only had the truck for a couple of months. I can see how it could happen though. It wasn't just dangling down there where the other two pedals are.

[raggedjim]

This reminds me of when my buddy in the Navy didn't notice the "girl" he was dancing with in Rio, Brazil needed a shave...

[68 P.O.S.]

Originally Posted by raggedjim

This reminds me of when my buddy in the Navy didn't notice the "girl" he was dancing with in Rio, Brazil needed a shave...

That reminds me of a story from when I was in Japan...but this is a family site.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Any progress of where the pedal is?