How Tall are Members here-Seat set backs.

[Ummgawa]

I am 6'4" and definatly have a seat issue. As we all know, the 1st gens seem to ba made for dudes 5"11 and under. I have taken the seat support out and slid it back almost 6 inches and re bolted my seat to it. any other fixes out there?

[907rs]

Hey Jim!
I'm 6'4" also, and will probably do the same thing with aftermarket seats.

If the lateral-g guys ever get together, it sounds like some of us could be mistaken for a basketball team!

[jannes_z-28]

I am 6'5" and I had the same problem, almost wrapping my knees around the ears driving.

So I bought a pair of seats out of an Audi TT. The good thing with those are that they have a lot of travel. The front mount on its rails I mounted about 1" back from the standard seats. Now I can move the seats fruther up front so my petite wife can drive, she could hardly press the clutch to the floor before. And I can move them so far back that the back hits the rear seat and I can have almost straigh legs when I drive.

What a difference. Then they are of leather so they are more comfortable. And they have heat in the seat too! good to have in cold climates.

Only drawback, I think, is that you get a little higher in the car. Not that I hit the roof but I would have liked it if I was a little more down in the seat.

Here you can see how it looks:




Four point harness has been added after the image was shot.

Jan

[hotwheels]

5' 8" and shrinking.........hotwheels of turborides

[zbugger]

With the exception of hotweels..... YOU ARE ALL A BUNCH OF TALL ASS FREAKS!!!!! GO JOIN A CIRCUS!!!!!!



Oh, and I'm 5'8". It's called average height. Boy, do I feel normal now......

[MaxHarvard]

Damn you bastards are tall. ANd i thought it was tall at 6'1"!

I have a special way to get in and out of my car because of this same issue.

I had a buddy custom make a set of seat rails for his 69... they sit back a full 2" now and its a dream to ride in.

~Eric

[BC69]

When I first got my camaro almost 4 years ago, I think I was shorter, probably 5'11'' and I fit nice. Didnt have an interior for the next 3 years, and when it finally came home last month I got in at 6'2'' now, was a little snug, but I like it! I just assume better to be tall and have a snug fit than not be able to reach the pedals!

Tim

[Hydratech®]

Years ago, when I used to run Unlimited Racing in wonderful "Detwah", we used to fab seat track extensions for most all of the first gen F-cars that were owned by the taller customers. They were simply 1" x 5/8" mild steel bar stock, that we would cut into 5" long sections. We would take and fixture them up, then using a mega rosebud torch tip, we would take and kick them up an inch right before the where the seat would bolt to them. Toss them in the drill press for the floorpan mounting bolts, tap them 3/8-16 for the seat fasteners, metal finish + black powdercoat = rave reviews from the customers! Quick, fast, simple - yet totally changed everything for the taller boys, making the cars much more enjoyable to drive for them.

The cool part was that you could still run the seat up forward enough to accomodate even the smallest driver / just about stock, or, due to the angles the floorpan and seat tracks are setup on these cars, the further you ran the seat back, the lower the seat would sit too. With this type of seat extension though, the seat could be moved so far back that nobody could really sit in the back seat though, as it would only leave about 4-5" of room between the seat back and the lower of the back seat.

The best part about the whole setup was that it required zero mods to the seats / vehicle, and could be installed / removed in less than 10 mins per seat. I always did wonder if we should have started producing them for other people...

[Ummgawa]

I 'm up for a set for the convertible if you are game Paul...anybody else?

[Ricochet]

Geez..Nothing but a bunch of tall people around here!! You can say I'm vertically challenged at 5'9" & with the holiday season here (eating alot) I'm getting more & more horizontally challeneged as well!! Or maybe it's the sympathy weight for my prego wife??