I just got new (solid) foam and seat covers for my BJ8 from a UK
supplier. Following the advice of a famous Dutch Healey restorer I
brought the stuff to a professional to fit the foam and the covers.
Looking at my length ( 1m87 = 6' 3") and my weight (95 kgs = 209 lbs)
he announced he was going to cut a 1" slice out of the foam as otherwise
my legs would hit the (standard) steering wheel.
Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
1964 BJ8 29432
jerry wall wrote:
>did anyone ever come up with a definitive year and month for norman nock's
>article on drilling holes in the seat foam ? i have all issues of AH Magazine
>and Healey Marque for the past 29 years or so, so all i need is the year and
>month and i'll be able to track it down.
>
>I discovered at the Tx Healey Roundup last week-end in San Antonio when
>sitting in Bob Lindsey's gorgeous BN6 with factory hardtop, I had
>substantially more headroom while entering as well as when behind the wheel.
>The reason: when placing my butt on the driver's side seat bottom, the seat
>bottom compressed approximately 1 1/2" -2" making entry, driving position and
>exit much easier than in my own BN6 with new seat foam from the early 90's.
>It has only taken 15 years for my learning curve to apex. Onward and downward
>!!
>
>JERRY WALL BN6
>ROWLETT, TX
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