[Healeys] Tall guy in a BJ8

[Healey Bruce]

I believe Lempert makes a 15" and 15.5" wheels.

Bruce Steele
1960 BN7
Brea, CA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Haskell" <rchaskell at earthlink.net>
Cc: "Healeys Newsgroup" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 3:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Tall guy in a BJ8


> Carl,
>
> I'm 6' 9" and don't fit in the BJ8 or the 100 (darn).  I have a BT7 so 
> this
> may not help too much.  I welded another piece of flat steel to the 
> gearbox
> side of the seat bottom.  This allowed me to move the seat closer to the
> gearbox, about an inch.  That moved the seat back away from the wheel well
> enough so I could then move the seat back. I welded some additional flat
> stock onto the tabs the seat back mounts to tilt the seat back a bit. I
> then drilled a new set of holes in the seat frame for mounting to the 
> slides.
>
> For the "shorter" cushion, I used a new cushion (foam) from Heritage and
> drilled some blind holes on the bottom of the foam using a hole saw to
> soften the cushion - per Norm Nock's Tech book.  Question - anyone know 
> how
> to seal the foam so little bits of foam stop falling on to the carpet?
>
> I have a dished Moto-Lita wheel that came with the car.  Yes, it's a bad
> design in that it blocks the two small gauges, but the dish gives me more
> leg room. Does Mike Lempert make dished wheels? Mike?
>
> Bob
> '62 BT7
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