27-11-2023, 11:54 PM
I have just had to have my right leg amputated just above the knee so am now looking at alternative ways of controlling brakes and accelerator so I can continue rebuild of my Nippy special.
Brakes are Morris Minor Lockheed hydraulics.
I have a Mini (MK!/11?) pedal box which bolts under the Nippy horizontal bulkhead. The end of each pedal finishes in a short leaver that takes the forked end of a pushrod that will act vertically up into mini brake master cylinder.
The carb on the 1275 BMC A+ engine is to be a weber The current accelerator pedal is a standard one cut so as to take a bowden cable through the vertical bulkhead (as per the MM).
I do not know yet what prosthesis I can get on my stump. I am just looking for ideas for operating the brakes and throttle.
All ideas welcome......maybe a drawing of how someone has overcome this.
I have access to welding and can usually make things up, but am not so good at design.