I always felt a little sorry for owners of LHD Spitfires regarding legroom. It
was something of a
bete-noir within the company when compared to RHD cars. I drove plenty of both
versions and while
the brake and clutch offset was never an issue for me, the location of the
accelerator on LHD was
agonising after more than about an hour at the wheel. I was 6'1" in those days,
so I sympathise with
those of that height and more. I only saw one car where the owner had done
something and while it
was the better part of 40 years ago, he had:
1. Relocated the driver's seat runner a little further back, and
2. Had changed the accelerator from a pendant pedal to an organ type from a
Spridget. At least it
looked like a Spridget pedal. I think there was a split cable as well. Cable
from pedal ran upwards
and then backwards to one side of a simple crank to which the carburetter
cable was attached to the
other side.
Really can't remember the specifics now except for the fact it made a LHD
Spitfire a MUCH more
comfortable car to drive and, more importantly, it worked very well.
FWIW....
Jonmac
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