>From: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
>2. My legs are too long for a GT6 or Mark I sprite.
>
> On the positive side I DO fit a Ford GT40 in everyway except pocketbook.
Doesn't everyone? :-)
>From: phile@stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier)
>Subject: Re: Does this come in an 11EEE?
>> You must be pretty tall (i.e. taller than me). My legs are quite
>> comfortable. I have an acquaintance who I think is over 6' and he drives
>> one. He does complain a bit, but his car has a later model seat which
>> steals a inch or two legroom.
>
>And arm room. It is that the steering wheel is right in your chest. The
>culprit is, as Ray suggests, the late-model seat.
>Still, I can see where long-legged TeriAnn could have a problem.
My only transportation in high school and college were (decrepit)
Sprites ('65, '64, and '67). I'm 6'2", and at the time was circa 210-230 or
so. I do have one saving grace when it comes to fitting in a sprite: no
legs to speak of, all torso (I have a 29" inseam). I did have to slouch
with the top up, especially at stoplights.
I tried sitting in a friends Spitfire once (with rollbar). The
middle of my head hit the center of the bar, and the top of the windshield
frame was level with my eyes. I don't think I fit in spits.
>From: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
>This reminds me of my first ride in an Europa. I was hitch hiking (back in
>more inoscent times) and wearing a mini skirt (About 1969 or so). I think the
>guy stopped just to see how I would get into his Europa. Getting in and
>attempting to maintain a shade of modisty was an intersting ordeal.
Now _that_ is something I'd like to have seen attempted... ;-)
Randell Jesup, '70 TR6 (not that much bigger, cabin-wise, than a
Sprite, but the steering wheel is further away)
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