With my left foot on the clutch pedal my toes were pointed back at me and my
heel was against the brake bias adjuster cable. The pedals and masters would
have to be moved forward probably 4" for my feet to rest at more normal angles
and let my knees drop away from the bar under the dash and stop the steering
wheel from hitting my legs. At the seat back, Steve and I figured I'd have to
remove the fuel tank and install about a 3 gallon tank to allow me to recline
far enough to maybe clear my shoulders. But still figured that the upper
horizontal bars around the cockpit opening that are too narrow for my
shoulders would need to be cut out and widened. Not a nice thing to do to a
very nice car, that would probably hurt it's resale value later. It was a
tight squeeze to get in this car, the real fun came when I started trying to
get back out..... my wife was laughing that they were going to have to use
the engine hoist to get me back out!
;-)
Greg Duncan
----- Original Message -----
From: Dick Rasmussen
To: gduncan2@comcast.net ; AutoX-CModified
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: considering an FF
Greg,
Bummer!!!
FYI the pedal assembly on my 85 appears to have another set of holes
available in front of it which would allow the whole pedal assembly to be
mounted a little further forward. (I had the opposite problem and had to
fab pedal extenders). Did you happen to see if there was room to do
something like that?
Also, was there any way you could get your shoulders to fit if the "seat"
back was further forward or you were able to recline more? Or if the upper
horizontal bars were relocated? The shoulder area is a tight fit even for
me (size 40 suit jacket) and 5' 7" height. I think these
guys http://www.race-cars.com/
had a "wide shoulder" version of an 85/86 for sale a few years ago but it
isn't there now.
It is "nice" to know that "little guys" have some advantages :-)
Dick (little guy)
Dick Rasmussen
CM 85
85 Van Diemen FF
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