[Spits] Spitfire Leg Room

[John Macartney]

I always felt a little sorry for owners of LHD Spitfires regarding legroom. It was something of a 
bete-noir within the company when compared to RHD cars. I drove plenty of both versions and while 
the brake and clutch offset was never an issue for me, the location of the accelerator on LHD was 
agonising after more than about an hour at the wheel. I was 6'1" in those days, so I sympathise with 
those of that height and more. I only saw one car where the owner had done something and while it 
was the better part of 40 years ago, he had:

1. Relocated the driver's seat runner a little further back, and
2. Had changed the accelerator from a pendant pedal to an organ type from a Spridget. At least it 
looked like a Spridget pedal. I think there was a split cable as well. Cable from pedal ran upwards 
and then backwards  to one side of a simple crank to which the carburetter cable was attached to the 
other side.

Really can't remember the specifics now except for the fact it made a LHD Spitfire a MUCH more 
comfortable car to drive and, more importantly, it worked very well.

FWIW....

Jonmac