Speed control

In combination with a vehicle having an engine speed regulator, an operator's station having a lower wall portion or platform, and an upwardly extending wall portion or bulkhead forward of the platform, the improvement comprising a position responsive acceleration and deceleration control means for the engine speed regulator, said control means including:

• hand positionable means mounted entirely above the platform and behind said bulkhead, said hand positionable means including a hand lever moveable between first and second positions, and maintaining means for maintaining the hand lever in a given position;
• motion transmitting means mounted below the hand positionable means and entirely above the platform and behind the bulkhead;
• linkage means mounted entirely above the platform and behind the bulkhead and extending between the hand positionable means and the motion transmitting means and operable to move the motion transmitting means in response to movement of the hand positionable means;
• foot control means mounted entirely above the platform and behind the bulkhead and interconnected with said motion transmitting means and operable against spring bias to cause movement of the motion transmitting means without affecting movement of the hand positionable means;
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• moveable means interconnecting said motion transmitting means and said engine speed regulator, said moveable means including an intermediate portion passing through a wall portion.