<VV> hand controls and stick shift

[Matt Nall]

1  Scottie says his legs are "giving out"..making it extremely hard to drive 
the Manual trans...not parapalegic?

Normal hand controls have the lever that you push forward to apply the 
throttle..and pull back to apply brakes..this is accomplished by levers / 
rods.

Note:  on the aforementioned car....we added a longer "arm" from the pivot 
of the throttle link to move the Vair pedal the full travel...

For a clutch, if Scotties RIGHT foot is still strong enough....we'd just run 
the  " Throttle" linkage to the clutch pedal!

What??  you say to "busy" for his right hand..depressing the clutch while 
moving the shifter......

Then make the Hand control on the left side!

But..he doesn't feel comfortable letting go of the wheel to move the 
shifter.????

Then we'd need  PNEUMATICS [ cheapest of the 3 possibles / "Stepping" DC 
motor /  Hydraulics - power assist..but all   thumb control .

DC  Compressors are cheap... Airbags for load assist are plentiful.....a 
small storage stank is easily procured and mounted out of the way

A simple push button that fills the bag.. to depress..and a simple orifice 
to control bleeddown....engagement...

What say ye??  ggg

Matt Nall
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>

>  I'm not quite sure how you would build hand controls for a stick shift 
> car.  Let's see, one hand for the clutch, one hand for the shifter, one 
> hand for the throttle or brake, one hand for steering.  I think you'd have 
> to train an octopus.