[DeTomaso] parking brake and passenger floor pan advice

[wkooiman at earthlink.net]

I removed mine.  I'm going to relocate it, but I haven't decided where I'll put it.

The Ferrari Testarossa and I think the Porsche 928 has the e-brake in the driver's sill.  It might be tough to route a cable over there, though.

I've thought about using a linear actuator.  There's the issue of finding a place to mount the actuator, but once mounted, you only need to mount a switch somewhere, and you're done.  The linear actuator does not require electricity to hold the cable, so it should be safe for an e-brake.


-----Original Message-----
>From: Rob Dumoulin <rob at dumoulins.net>
>Sent: Jul 28, 2010 5:44 AM
>To: pantera list <detomaso at realbig.com>
>Subject: [DeTomaso] parking brake and passenger floor pan advice
>
>I'm just getting to planning for the install of the dropped floor pan I got
>from Steve Wilkenson for #1288.  The pan is bigger than the current
>available floor space meaning I will have to cut under the parking brake to
>make it fit. My 924 had the parking brake at the driver's left hand between
>the seat and floorboard which took some getting used to but was out of the
>way.
>
>Has anybody else relocated or reconfigured the parking brake handle besides
>removing it all together?  Living in Florida, there are no hills to be
>concerned about but I hate the thought of removing it.
>
>-- 
>Rob DuMoulin
>rob at dumoulins.net
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