I dids an 85 mile tour in a 76 midget...I'm about 6' and 250 pounds,
once I was in, I was ok. Getting in was a bit of a challange...
dresden@tiac.net wrote:
>
> Larry,
>
> I just call 'em like I see 'em. My legs feel funnily cramped in a Midget, a
> problem I never had with my Spitfire (which I drove 1800 miles in less than
> two days, three separate times)(the problem in those is elbow room). Maybe
> there was something wrong with the seatrails, and they wouldn't slide all
> the way back?
>
> I have to admit though, that Triumph 1500 engine really is a gem.
>
> Seriously, the only way to know how any car will fit you is to drive it...
>
> Nevin
>
> >BOO HISS Bad answer!!!
> >I have had a Midget for nearly 22 years and I fit it like a fine driving
> >glove. I am 6'1 nearly 200lbs daily driver. Short drive smort drive . I
> >drove the durn car 2300 miles in 2 weeks and have yet to feel the ill
> >effects. Head smead you sit so low in the car you are probably more
> >likely to have a prob with the steering wheel than the top of the
> >windscreen.
> >
> >Just another B owner putting down a car that out handles and out
> >accerlates them.
> >
> >Larry
> >78 Midget
> >
> >Keep your top down and your chin up.
> >
> >Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
> >macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
> >System Manager/Administrator
> >Neuropsychiatry Section
> >Department of Psychiatry
> >University of Pennsylvania
> >3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
> >Philadelphia, PA 19104
> >
> >In a world without walls or fences, what use do we have for windows or
> >gates?
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