I am 5'6'' and I have no problem with my BGT,But I had to make blocks for
the spridget,
pedals to drive comfortably. Carl E.
-----Original Message-----
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
To: MGs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, April 23, 1999 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: 70 BGT seat installation question
>Well, my 66 B has the same problem with the same result (5' 5" wife can't
>drive it), so either that's the way Abingdon intended it or we're both
>screwed up. Anyone?
>
>Lonn Howard had this to say:
>
>>Hi all,
>>Well, I put the seats in after a compete headliner to carpet pad
>>restoration and everything in between. Now the drivers seat slides
>>forward to the point where the front corner comes up against the trans
>>tunnel and stops. This keeps the seat from sliding forward far enough
>>to accomodate my 5'4" tall wife. I suspect that the seats are installed
>>incorrectly, even though I put everything back the way it came out.
>>Keep in mind that I have never before looked at the seat setup in an
>>MGB, let alone sat in one until yesterday. Which holes should the
>>slider rails be bolted down through? Which side of the seat bottom
>>should the bigger cut-away face, towards the door or the trans tunnel?
>>Do the seatback adjusters go towards the doors or the middle?
>>
>>I may have everything bass-ackwards, in which case Denise would be
>>correct in her prediction.
>>She says,
>>>snip
>>>I don't believe that a Triumph person can restore an MG. Remember the
>>pilot
>>>episode of Star Trek, where the aliens with big heads found a mangled
>>human
>>>female in a space ship and put her back together wrong because they'd
>>never seen
>>>one before.
>>>snip
>>My intentions are good even if my execution is faulty. And I don't want
>>to go to my first MG meet and have people ask me why my seats are
>>installed all goofy. Can't find any good pictures or instructions in
>>Bentley or Haynes so I'm once again at the mercy of the list.
>>Thanks,
>>Lonn Howard
>>'70 TR6 -mine
>>'71 TR6 -in my garage
>>'70 MGB GT -ours
>>'89 Saab Turbo Convertible -hers
>>
>>"We are but temporary custodians with an obligation of preservation."
>>
>>
>
>
>--
>
>Max Heim
>'66 MGB GHN3L76149
>Runs great,
>looks particularly bad since some SUV clown backed into it.
>If you're near Mountain View, CA,
>it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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