1991 and 1993 Thunderbird 3.8 SC; seen 23MAY25

I like the dead pedal as stated on long highway cruises. I don't know why, but I'll forget it is there and then rest my foot on it and it just makes it more comfortable. You wouldn't think something so insignificant would make any difference, but it does.
 
My 86 Mustang had that. I really liked it and wished my Cougar had one. But as mentioned, it goes where the e-brake is. sigh.
 
KevinVarnes said:
I like the dead pedal as stated on long highway cruises. I don't know why, but I'll forget it is there and then rest my foot on it and it just makes it more comfortable. You wouldn't think something so insignificant would make any difference, but it does.
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Based on my experience I'd bet it comes down to what you're accustomed to, my Cougar was my first car so I've always been used to it not being a thing even when I put one in it. My Focus daily has a dead pedal molded into the carpet but I don't often rest my foot on it
 
My Camry has one molded in and I notice that I don't use it. I slot my foot in between it and the brake arm. I'm 6'5" though, so that may be why. I still plan to run the OEM dead pedal whenever I get by bird together because I know it should be there. I tried to run the molded one with the Mark VIII carpet back in the day but I never really took the time to make it fit right.
 
@1997ThunderbirdLXV6 let me know if you go back and are able to get one of the dead pedals to sell. I'd like to try it on my setup.
 
I’ll buy the clutch pedals, so go get the dead pedal for Kenz. LOL
 
Unless I’m the one that is buying the first set, I only need one.
 
That sucks... Looks like it might be accessible with a flex head ratchet wrench or a socket u-joint.
 
I realized I could move the brake booster thingy once the brake pedal was off. Just weird that the 91 didn't have that.

Picked up one dead pedal, too.
 
1997ThunderbirdLXV6 said:
The turnaround in this yard is very quick: these two cars are already gone!
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I’ve found the privately owned yards are more prone to that, their business model is to make money on metal scrap first, selling used parts second, so to keep the cars coming in, crushed cars going out and all fit within the yard space, cars come and go. Victory auto wreckers used to keep cars longer when they’d stack cars on top of each other to get more storage efficiency but I assume the potential liability issues in a self service yard with a dirt(mud) floor were high and they stopped that practice, and they switched to a two week turnover schedule so you had to be on it!

Counterintuitively the big chain yards are more prone to keep cars for months or up to a year or more, even setting certain models aside for a stay of execution to give people a chance to pick them to the bone.
 
Boy, I remember long ago, we'd go to the junkyard and they'd have the same cars for years and years. Of course, they also had many cars older than 15 years old too. I really miss those days. I don't know of anything other than these late model/high turnover yards that are everywhere now.
 
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