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TR2/3/3A Anyone ever see a push/pull throttle mounted on the dash?
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TR3driver
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Yeah, works great until you have a panic situation and jam on the brake (and clutch). If you're lucky, the only crashing sound will be the noise a rod makes as it goes through the engine block ...
Electronic cruise control makes a whole lot more sense, to me. And add-on units are readily available. Friend of mine has one on his TR6 and really likes it. I'll probably put one on the TR3 as well, before I make any more long trips in it. My right leg starts to ache if I have to hold the throttle for too long.
Electronic cruise control makes a whole lot more sense, to me. And add-on units are readily available. Friend of mine has one on his TR6 and really likes it. I'll probably put one on the TR3 as well, before I make any more long trips in it. My right leg starts to ache if I have to hold the throttle for too long.
TexasKnucklehead
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What Randall said.
Texas is a big state. It takes 12 hours to drive from Houston to El Paso, with the cruise set at 85mph. I can't imagine that trip in a TR3 without cruise control.
I got a "vintage" off brand (Equinovox?) off ebay for under $20 still in the original box. It took a little to dial it in, but it works well. A club member got new units for his TR3 and TR4 and had to add a vacuum reservoir and relay on his brake switch, but he loves it. His control panel is held to the dash by magnets so it can be relocated behind the dash during shows. After driving across the Arizona desert, I had to add a pipe inside my vacuum line to prevent the rubber from collapsing, but otherwise, it has been reliable and extremely useful.
Jer
Texas is a big state. It takes 12 hours to drive from Houston to El Paso, with the cruise set at 85mph. I can't imagine that trip in a TR3 without cruise control.
I got a "vintage" off brand (Equinovox?) off ebay for under $20 still in the original box. It took a little to dial it in, but it works well. A club member got new units for his TR3 and TR4 and had to add a vacuum reservoir and relay on his brake switch, but he loves it. His control panel is held to the dash by magnets so it can be relocated behind the dash during shows. After driving across the Arizona desert, I had to add a pipe inside my vacuum line to prevent the rubber from collapsing, but otherwise, it has been reliable and extremely useful.
Jer
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Herman (of HVDA transmission kit fame) made a neat installation for his daughter's car using a $7.00 or $8.00 bicycle control level and wire cable assembly. It was years ago that I saw it, but as I recall he made a nice custom bracket for it. The key with the linkage is to make provision to be able to open the throttle with the foot pedal wider than with the hand throttle (as is passing another car, for example) and then have the linkage fall back to the hand-throttle setting when you let your foot off the gas. For ease of use, though, it's hard to beat the hand throttle on a Model A Ford.
