Project “Ghost Duster”, 1970 Duster Corner Carver

fishmarket said
After tearing the assembly apart, I did the Herb McCandless clutch pedal ratio mod and added about .625” to the pedal arm length as seen in this pic from Mopar muscle.
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Then I made up a couple mandrels in order to make some bronze bushings to replace the factory plastic pedal bushings. I found some existing bushings where the ID was correct for the smaller ones and cut them to length, then turned the OD to the correct size on a lathe, as well as the outer lip thickness and diameter. The larger ones I had to machine the ID to size and then use the mandrel for the OD.View attachment 1715577697
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Man, you do nice work.

For what it is worth, I did the Herb McCandless clutch pedal mod in my silver Hemi Duster taking it from the wimpy 5-1/4" measurement to 6".....after a summer of use, I re-did it......to 5-5/8". I'm sure the Herb mod is great for a strip car, but for street driving, IMO, it is too much. While it did take more leg pressure and the pedal was always smooth, when doing lot of stop / go, the 5-5/8 is a nice compromise. I stole the measurement from a set of 340 pedals I had.

Enjoy the ride,
Denny