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Re: Front Seat Travel

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Subject: Re: Front Seat Travel
From: Peter Chast <pchast@francomm.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 10:08:36 -0400
Hi

Along this line has anyone looked at moving the peddal box.

In the midget I have and looked at it should be a simple 
operation. It could even be hung under the foot box and 
hydrolic lines extended.....

Pete

9/23/2003 9:20:44 AM, Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com> wrote:

>Bob,
>   Since the seat frame is hitting the tunnel, there is much adjustment
>left.  But you might remove the seat and examine the tracks. Possibly you
>could drill new holes in the tracks, a bit offset and to the rear, so
>that the track could be located a bit farther forward and offset to get
>greater clearance from the tunnel.  The bolts go down through the tracks
>into captive nuts under the floor, which are prone to rusting, so give
>generous applications of Liquid Wrench, PB Blaster, etc before yanking
>hard on them. 
>   How are the straps/diaphram under the seat?  If perished,  the driver
>sits low and tends to sit farther back in the seat than when they are
>supporting the foam cushion.  
>Bob
>
>
>On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 20:42:57 -0600 "engl" <engl@cableregina.com> writes:
>> In spring I bought a '65 MGB for my wife (yes ... really!).  She's a 
>> bit on the short side (5'2") and cannot reach the pedals.  The front
>seat 
>> seems to be as far forward as it will go as the seat frame hits the 
>> transmission tunnel.  She's OK (just barely) driving the car with a
>pillow behind 
>> her back, but I was wondering if there is some adjustment I can make to
>
>> make the car more comfortable for her.  At this point my thought is to
>make a 
>> padded seat back cover for her, but would prefer a simpler solution if
>one 
>> is available.
>> 
>> Bob




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