Footrest?

[MikeW]

There was a guy at today's Georgia Z Car meeting with a (1976, I think) JDM Fairlady Z 2+2. The passenger side had a footrest bar that appeared to adjust not unlike what you might see on a bus. Was this a factory option? I've never heard of this.

[Gee]

My brother has one in his 77 260z 2+2 and a mate had one in his 2+2 also.

[Mr Camouflage]

Havent seen adjustable ones.

Did it look like this?

http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=9365&password=&sort=7&thecat=3118

[Zedrally]

I've got one in the 260, factory standard delivery in Oz.

[MikeW]

Originally posted by Mr Camouflage

Havent seen adjustable ones.

Did it look like this?

http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=9365&password=&sort=7&thecat=3118

Yes, it looked like that. I think it was adjustable but there was enough rust on this particular car that I didn't want to pull too hard on it.

[2-4-T-Z-MAN]

Mike,

Was the car you saw a car slated for the US, or was it a car made for another country and made it's way here?

I've never seen the foot rest before.

[Corganx33]

If it moves......

Just an idea, but some cars in the 70's had a switch in the floor there that switched high beams/low beams. Also, Ford when the horn broke on many of the 70's cars/trucks would wire a switch in the floor like this that you'd use for the horn..... it was easier to do than fixing the steering column mount apaprently.

i'm not saying that this is what this is, but it looks similar.

My 73 240z has this on the floor as well, I was wonderring what it was actually... I haven't dug into the car yet ( got it yesterday ) but I was planning on it...

[MikeW]

Originally posted by 2-4-T-Z-MAN

Mike,

Was the car you saw a car slated for the US, or was it a car made for another country and made it's way here?

It was definitely a GS30 RHD Japanese Domestic Market Fairlady Z 2+2 that originally came with an L20 engine which had unfortunately been replaced with a fuel injected L28.

[Bambikiller240]

I've seen a very few 240Z's with a footrest similar to this. Very few. I don't know if they were a Nissan part that was available through Nismo, or dealers, or if they were JDM that was copied & sold by an aftermarket company like Aamco. The ones I have seen were always on the passenger side floorpan (like the one MikeW saw), so I doubt they would/could be for headlight dimmer, or horn

[Corganx33]

Interesting... I haven't touched mine yet, I'll try to take a pic tonight... but it looks like its meant to move.. kind of like a floor e-brake on some cars... and its on the drivers side like the above pic shows....

Anyone else have these in there car?

wait, I rexamined the above pic... mine doesn't go all the way across.. its just a pedal on the far left side next to the door.. iw as looking at the wrong thing in that pic....

[Bambikiller240]

Originally posted by Corganx33

wait, I rexamined the above pic... mine doesn't go all the way across.. its just a pedal on the far left side next to the door.. iw as looking at the wrong thing in that pic....

What you are refering to is commonly known as a "dead pedal". It's a place to rest your left foot out of the way. All 240Z's & early 260Z's (and maybe 280Z's) have them.

FWIW, the picture is of the passenger side footwell of a RHD Z car.

[Zrush]

Originally posted by Bambikiller240

What you are refering to is commonly known as a "dead pedal". It's a place to rest your left foot out of the way. All 240Z's & early 260Z's (and maybe 280Z's) have them.

I've heard that this "dead pedal" is for balance when you take a hard curve. Many of our non Z owner friends get all excited when they talk about that pedal. "You do know what that pedal down there is for don't you". I've heard this a million times from them. Poor Chevelle owners slide all over their bench seats when they take a curve because they don't have that pedal

Vicky

P.S. My '94 4-Runner has the same pedal, haven't auto crossed that yet, might flip