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by a-wu 2548 days ago
Lowered floor with ramp conversion (lots of specialty manufacturers do this, mine is VMI), custom reduced effort (2:1 ratio) horizontal steering (like a bus, but 8 inch diameter), reduced effort gas/brake hand control (hand control is Menox, I think the reduced effort part is custom), Paravan Touch system for ignition/shifting/secondaries, tri-pin on all hand interfaces to hold my hands in place with special splints.

You can buy a van from the conversion companies pretty easy, my steering column was built by a specialty company in San Diego. All together it works very well for me.

edit: here's a picture of the setup, the steering wheel is elevated here but it normally sits right above my lap: https://imgur.com/a/qOSP5Dg

1 comments

Could you get one at another angle? I can’t quite figure out how the 3 handles work.

Also, that plate looks like it’ll drive straight into your chest during some hard braking.

Edit: NVM, I get it now. I see that it’s mounted on the centre column and you basically shove your left hand into it.