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Re: tall problem

To: "Don Walton" <dhw@atomic.net>, "MG List" <mgs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: tall problem
From: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 97 09:20:23 -0400
I am 6'1" and have a Midget that fits me like a fine driving glove. My SO 
whom is 4'10" needs pillows to sit on to drive a MIDGET. My best guess - 
you'll probably fit.

Larry Macy
78 Midget (Stringback)

>Hello all,
>
>I am thinking of doing the once unthinkable,  (gasp) selling my Harley and
>getting an older LBC.  When I say older I mean MGA or TR3 vintage.  What I
>need to know is  if a person 6'2" tall can even comfortably fit into one of
>the aformentioned LBCs?
>A few months ago I glanced out the window of our shop and saw a restored MGA
>sitting in our parking lot, the owner and I talked for a while but when he
>and his SO left they looked as if it took a shoe-horn to get both of them in
>there.  
>I also talked to a TR3 owner at the Winston-Salem car show on the 15th and
>he was taller than me but he had driven his car down from the mountains of
>Virginia and looked un-accordian like.  This fellow said his wife owned an
>MGA and he thought it had more room than the TR3, but that they both took
>some getting used to as to where to position legs and arms to be comfortable.
>So whaddya think?  How about some opinions from listers with real life
>experence with this tall problem.  I can afford the car or height reduction
>surgery but not both.
>
>                                        Don Walton in NC
>                                        2 B's with enough room for long legs
>
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