[Fot] Fitting in a GT6

[Joe Curry]

Fitting into a GT6 is more than just overall height.  I am only 5-10 but
have a difficult time fitting.  It is because I have relatively short legs
and a long torso.  It's the torso that is the problem.  My head hits the
roof unless I scrunch down.

At the same time, If I ride a horse, I sit high in the saddle (If I can ever
reach the stirrup to get up there in the first place).

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Scott Janzen
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 8:29 AM
Cc: 'Friends of Triumph' Triumph
Subject: [Fot] Fitting in a GT6

I'm 6-1" (that's 1.83 meters) and race a GT6.  I initially walked away  
from buying the car over the fit, but wanted to buy it enough that I  
thought about how it could be modified.  The side bars in the roll  
cage had to be relocated to give me enough room move my knee to work  
the clutch.  The seat is a Kirkey aluminum shell, almost no padding,  
up against the rear bulkhead.  I had the floor pan dropped about  
1-1/2" under the seat to provide enough headroom.  The  floor pan in  
this area is now about 3/4" below the bottom edge of the rocker panel.

I'd say anyone bigger than me should rule out a GT6.  I suspect as I  
get older and less nimble, I'll have to get a car that is easier to  
get in and out of - I jackknife myself in over the door bars, and  
getting out is a bear.

On Oct 8, 2010, at 10:46 AM, Andre Rousseau wrote:

Someone get Steve's GT6 racing.

I so wanted the car, but my tallness excludes me from getting into the
machine or for that matter safety exiting.

http://www.gt6.ca/09/0418/index.html

I had a hard look back in 2009 when I visited him in Vegas.

I tried sitting in my friends GT6 last month at Mont Tremblant and
even without the roll cage (Roll bar only) the race seat makes it
almost impossible to do cleanly.
With the forward seating position my knees where up around the steering
wheel.

http://andrerousseau.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/20100926__2036.jpg

So GT6's are good street cars for me.Specially with a tiny steering  
wheel.
http://temp.justdrive.ca/soloII/event04/slides/GT6_MK1-3.jpg

BTW I've been asked before by a cop to demonstrate me exiting and
entering the car.
He did not believe I could operate the car safety. I said once I'm in
its like a big go cart.

A.