[Healeys] Tall guy in a BJ8

[Alan Seigrist]

Carl -

You can definitely shorten the rods on your clutch and brake master which
should help some.  Or, I'd recommend having custom brake and clutch levers
welded up for the car.  The brake lever would be no problem, the clutch you
need to be careful because you don't want to reduce the throw on the clutch
pedal.

Also, if you drill a couple of holes in the bottom of your seat frames you
can move the seat back about an inch or so, further if you remove the rear
side panels.  You will also have to drill corresponding holes in the seat
pan.  The other option is to break apart the seat slides and drill them up,
but this is a bigger job.

definitely flatten out the cushion in the seat bottom.  That can help alot.

Alan

6'1" no problems....
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8

On Jan 1, 2008 10:05 PM, Carl Johnson <healeys at carlivar.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I posted a few weeks ago about my "garage sale find" 1966 BJ8. I've
> finally got the car home in my garage. Haven't sat in it much since I
> removed the seat cushions right away in order to clean them. However
> while moving the car around I've now sat in the drivers seat with the
> cushion in place.
>
> I'm now rather worried... I simply don't fit. I'm around 6'4" or 6'5".
> I can sit down in the seat but my knees are really high, especially in
> relation to the steering wheel. The pedals are too close for me to
> operate them safely.
>
> Any suggestions? It looks like the rear interior side panels are in
> the way for me to modify the rails/pan to go back farther. Are the
> pedal positions adjustable? I don't want to even think about a non-
> original steering wheel (I really like the correct one and a smaller
> size would affect steering feel). I'm thinking maybe a much thinner
> bottom cushion would help? I could keep the originals on hand and use
> a custom skinny one for my own use perhaps?
>
> Thanks,
> Carl
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