Handicap Hand Controls

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  1. tad_32287

    tad_32287 Member

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    Due to an injury I received I have to install hand controls in my comet. Does know of someone who has done the same to an older vehicle and how well it worked?
     
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    I've seen those in older cars when I was growing up, so it has been done. IIRC, the ones I saw used a motorcycle type throttle mounted on a lever that was also the brake. Good luck on however you try to do it.
     
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    I helped install them on a friend's Monte Carlo in the '80's. That type used one lever on the right side to operate the brake and accelerator. Up & down controlled one and for & aft controlled the other.
     
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    A friend of mine has them in a Vega that he races, so I know it can be done. Unfortunately, I've never really looked at his car to see what his setup consists of. Our season opens next weekend, and if he is there I can try to get some pics. Can't promise he'll be there though, but I'll get pics if he is.
     
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    Thanks! I got a set in my 2011 charger. Fairly new design so I wasnt sure the same would work.
     

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