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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 09:44 PM
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Any of you that have owned air cooled VW's know what I am talking about. I have always liked the roller pedal, so I decided to make one for my XB. I took a 2.8 blower pully for a mustang cobra, made a small bracket, and with a little welding and a little paint....we got roller.

Old Nov 14, 2004 | 09:47 PM
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Thats hot damn i miss my old Type 1, 2 and 3s....
Old Nov 14, 2004 | 09:48 PM
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No offense intended; what's the point of that style?
Old Nov 14, 2004 | 09:53 PM
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That looks pretty uncomfortable
Old Nov 14, 2004 | 11:00 PM
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Heres a pic of my roller pedal in my \X/.They are really great,you just kind of park your heal on the floor and the pedal rolls with to motion of your upper foot.
Old Nov 15, 2004 | 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by chadfo
No offense intended; what's the point of that style?
They work really well.
Old Nov 15, 2004 | 12:42 AM
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Very nice. Long ago in a car, far, far away I had a roller.
Old Nov 15, 2004 | 08:18 AM
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i cut my pedals down as well
Old Nov 15, 2004 | 03:49 PM
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I hadn't even thought of doing that to the Box... I have a '68 Type1 with the roller. For those that don't understand why, it's hard to get unless you've driven one.
Old Nov 15, 2004 | 04:16 PM
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Wow I never knew such a thing existed. There's no problems with your foot slipping off?
Old Nov 15, 2004 | 04:21 PM
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Default Roller Pedal...

That's a pretty nice touch.
Old Nov 15, 2004 | 04:30 PM
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That's great how did you make it work and where did you get the roller pedal type 1 memories luv it
Old Nov 15, 2004 | 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by SuperCrunchyAction
Wow I never knew such a thing existed. There's no problems with your foot slipping off?
:?:
Old Nov 15, 2004 | 05:45 PM
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I still have my first \x/, a '72 Squareback

Gotta love the roller pedals! Nice custom job with the xB version.
Old Nov 15, 2004 | 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr scion
Originally Posted by SuperCrunchyAction
Wow I never knew such a thing existed. There's no problems with your foot slipping off?
:?:
maybe unstead of modding your pedal, you could wear rollerskates... lol
Old Nov 15, 2004 | 06:34 PM
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Looks unsafe at first glance...then it starts to look like it might be comfy on those long trips, without cruise control.
Old Nov 15, 2004 | 07:16 PM
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sweet..i like..i think the snow season would kill me dough..other than that i would go for it
Old Nov 15, 2004 | 07:26 PM
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That is weird I am a huge aircooled VW fan. I can't even count how many my friedns and family have had, and I never have once seen the roller pedal. Maybe too many type IVs?
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