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I am one of the owners of American Powertrain and all I can say when I see a post like this is YIKES!!! We are here, answering phones and emails ten hours a day and helping people with tech support 24/7. Not sure where your request went, but for goodness sakes don't give up on us. If you will...

The kit will come with a hydraulic throw-out bearing. We use them almost exclusively. They have been designed for street and strip use, meaning that the seals are made to sit over long winters without failure. Our release bearing models are tested for 1.5million cycle durability, which...

You absolutely do NOT have to remove the steering column for this install. We had the firewall plate out of TNF's car because we needed it at our shop to make measurements and do the development work, but essentially the entire install only requires that you use a hand drill to put three very...

Steven, We need to get product images to put a kit together on the website. If you have questions you are welcome to give me a call at 931.646.4836 ext 103. I did the development work and fitment. We should have the system on our hydraulics website, www.hotrodhydrauilics.com in the next few...

Wow, I expected some feedback by now. You folks still out there?

The infamous American Powertrain returns... I am soooo sorry I have been away. We have been machining production parts after the successful hydraulic installation on TNFastback's car. I really did not want to start making promises we could not deliver on. I took some really excellent images...

Not a bad idea. If I can get the angle correct between the master and the pedal with a ball joint (not the kind in your suspension) mounted to the frame rail that would solve the firewall mounting issue. You're thinking out there, folks, and it is much appreciated!!!! We have a side mount...

The headache is coming from the odd shape of the clutch arm, which causes the master cylinder rod to follow an arc, which will cause the rod to bend. We are fixing that with a pair of tandem spherical rod ends. The other issue is that the area where the master generally resides on the firewall...

Our systems for the 65-66 cars are quite easy to install. I was looking at an inside the car option but there is so little room up where the rod and return spring sit that the master cylinder has no room to operate. We are working on a pull-style master cylinder, but it is a ways off. I would...

OK, folks, the pictures aren't all that flattering. Too many years of getting punched in the face I'm afraid. On a serious note, we had a few glitches in the design. Turns out there is only 1.75" between the frame rail and the steering joint, and that is a very tiny space to operate in. Fear...

OK, I am leaving for K'ville now, but I couldn't help but post. If we are going to re-pop the pedals your auto pedal would be great to have for reference. 2199 Summerfield Rd, Cookeville, TN 38501. Careful what you offer, someone might just take you up on it. ;)

OK gents, after much thought and several re-designs the hydraulic system is all worked out except for a test fit, which I am doing in the morning on TNFastback's car. I have a couple of different bracket designs to fit, but both are ones we can produce in quantity within a few days of test...

The toploader is no problem at all once we get the master cylinder worked out. And we sell more 5-speed kits for Mustang than any other company that I am aware of. Had to throw a shameless plug in, workin' hard here.

Howdy Gents, Just wanted to post a quick follow up. The pedal boxes in these cars, as you probably well know, are nothing like the 67-70 boxes and has a lot of parts to work around. The original rod gets pulled, which is bass ackwards for pushing a master rod, and popping a hole in the top of...

We would be happy to use your pedals for a re-pop project. Should not have to have them too long. On using your car for hydraulic fitment, I don't mind sending someone to Knoxville to do the work, but I am afraid that without our onsite ability to fabricate parts it will be hard to come up...

Well you can bet that I will post here as soon as we have a test fit done on a local car. I will keep you guys updated.

Unfortunately, the clutch cable systems require a cable bell housing because the pivot stud on a cable set-up is pull-side (opposite side of the input shaft from the fork hole) and the mechanical bells have the stud on the push side, closer to the fork hole. It's hard to pull a mechanical fork...

Heck, Oxnard is just a short drive from Tennessee. Come on over! :D We can make the pedals, just need an OE set to start with. All the pedals we sell use OE bearings (bushings) so as not to complicate things.

I am sure someone from around these parts will jump on board. Cheap is a great bait, and having someone else do the work ought to bring in anyone from a long way off. We have been sending these things our and letting the folks do a little fab work on the pedal, but it would be much better to...

Hello Gents, I found this site looking at a post about our hydraulic clutch systems and thought I would stay for the ride. We have a ton of experience with manual transmissions, clutches, flywheels and all things manual transmission (especially TREMEC stuff) and would be happy to help anyone...