My PB Airline also has bucket seats, albeit with a folding back. I haven't
driven the car any distance, but when I sat in it, the only complaint was
the proximity of the steering wheel to my chest. I'm 6'1" and 200 lbs and
didn't feel uncomfortable in the butt.
Cheers,
Lew Palmer
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mg-mmm@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mg-mmm@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Pete Thelander
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 5:48 PM
To: Ray; TATERRY@aol.com; bill707@earthlink.net; MIKEFRAN@aol.com
Cc: britcars@juno.com; mg-mmm@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: PA Bucket seats
Don, Terry, et al,
Over the last two years my wife and I have spent something like 1500 miles
in a Ernie Page's PA touring Scotland. And I might add that we did find
the bench perfectly comfortable. There is no question the PA is smaller
than our own TC. Getting in and out is a tighter squeeze than the TC, but
once in, the room is adequate for us average size folks. We have sat in
both Jerry Felper's and Jack Hardy's PA tourers and did find the bucket
seats to be snug. (I am only 5'11'', 165 lbs....Discretion and self
preservation prevent me from giving out such classified information about
the bride of 47 years.)
There is no question but that the standard bench seat would be the way to
go for any one but the smallest segment of the population. We have spent
many thousands of miles in the TC and consider it to be very comfortable.
If you really want to bellyache about small bucket seats, consider the NE,
it is only 13". But it is not very deeply contoured and I'm staying in it
for no longer than 20 minutes or so at a time. Now if you really need a
larger posterior parking lot, Terry failed to suggest one additional
alternative, and that would be his SA. The K2 Airline seats are also not
so deeply contoured and the wider chassis does provide more elbow, hip and
every other kind of room. But all that said, I would still love to have a
nice PA or PB for normal touring enjoyment.
Pete Thelander
> [Original Message]
> From: Ray <spook01@comcast.net>
> To: <TATERRY@aol.com>; <bill707@earthlink.net>; <MIKEFRAN@aol.com>
> Cc: <britcars@juno.com>; <mg-mmm@autox.team.net>
> Date: 2/4/2004 2:25:53 PM
> Subject: Re: PA Bucket seats
>
> "Course, the only problem is the fact that not all of us can FIND a N
type!
> Terry, go ahead and rub it in!!
> Best,
> Ray
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <TATERRY@aol.com>
> To: <bill707@earthlink.net>; <MIKEFRAN@aol.com>
> Cc: <britcars@juno.com>; <mg-mmm@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 3:52 PM
> Subject: Re: PA Bucket seats
>
>
> > Maybe what you Big Assed guys should do is get rid of them little dinky
P
> > types and get yourselves an N type! or a K type......!!!
> > Terry in Oakland,
> > NA013
> >
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