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1. Front Seat Travel (score: 1): Author: "engl" <engl@cableregina.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 20:42:57 -0600; In spring I bought a '65 MGB for my wife (yes ... really!). She's a bit on the short side (5'2") and cannot reach the pedals. The front seat seems to be as far forward as it will go as the seat frame; /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00429.html (7,581 bytes)
2. Re: Front Seat Travel (score: 1): Author: "Randy Widman" <rwidman@woh.rr.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 07:51:53 -0400; I too am very short and would be interested in finding a way to extend/buildup the clutch pedal. Anyone ever do this? Randy Widman 79 Red B on to the padded; /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00436.html (8,168 bytes)
3. Re: Front Seat Travel (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:20:44 -0400; Since the seat frame is hitting the tunnel, there is much adjustment left. But you might remove the seat and examine the tracks. Possibly you could drill new holes in the tracks, a bit offset and to; /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00438.html (8,684 bytes)
4. Re: Front Seat Travel (score: 1): Author: Peter Chast <pchast@francomm.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 10:08:36 -0400; Along this line has anyone looked at moving the peddal box. In the midget I have and looked at it should be a simple operation. It could even be hung under the foot box and hydrolic lines extended..; /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00439.html (9,372 bytes)
5. RE: Front Seat Travel (score: 1): Author: "engl" <engl@cableregina.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:50:07 -0600; I looked at this as well. The seat cannot move outboard much if any as it is a pretty tight fit against the sill. The diaphragm is pretty much shot, but the PO has put some straps under the rubber d; /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00441.html (8,828 bytes)
6. Re: Front Seat Travel (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:25:51 -0700; Pedal extensions? I know what you're talking about -- my wife uses a pillow, and she's 5' 5". The permanent solution might be to modify the seat frame and cushion -- there is plenty of track for the; /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00442.html (8,708 bytes)
7. Re: Front Seat Travel (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:40:15 -0700; Oog. I don't know about the Midget, but in a B any operation involving the pedal box is automatically a PITA. There isn't much room for moving it rearward, at any rate. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149; /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00443.html (8,248 bytes)
8. Re: Front Seat Travel (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:38:18 -0700; There are already 3 sets of holes, so the track can be installed forward, to the rear, or in the middle; but this has no effect on forward travel since the tunnel clearance is the limiting factor. Yo; /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00444.html (10,232 bytes)
9. Re: Front Seat Travel (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 12:53:09 -0400; Moss catalogue shows a drawing of the diaphram, fitted 1962-69, replaced by the rubber webbing straps for later cars. Moss identifies the seat frame in its illustration as 62-68, so I suppose that i; /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00446.html (8,996 bytes)
10. Re: Front Seat Travel (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:50:04 -0700; There are two types of under-seat support. One type had wide rubber straps, the other has the full-seat rubber diaphragm. Most people seem to replace the straps with the diaphragm. I don't think the; /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00447.html (9,762 bytes)
11. Re:Front Seat Travel (score: 1): Author: "Ann K. Snyder" <snydera@finchcms.edu>; Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 13:30:30 -0600; It is not difficult to reposition the seat rails to allow further travel of the seat to the front. I think we wrote this up a few years ago for MGB Driver, though it may have been for the Chicagolan; /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00453.html (8,783 bytes)
12. Re: Front Seat Travel (score: 1): Author: "Philip E.E Bacon" <pboldtrix@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 19:00:08 -0400; I am 6' and my wife is 5'-1" and we have a 67 BGT that we both drive. We had the same problem and this is what I did to solve it. I obtained a pair of 69 seats with the headrests and adjustable back; /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00461.html (11,313 bytes)
13. Re:Front Seat Travel (score: 1): Author: KGROWLER@aol.com; Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 22:38:25 EDT; <<<Subject: Re:Front Seat Travel Bob, It is not difficult to reposition the seat rails to allow further travel of the seat to the front. I think we wrote this up a few years ago for MGB Driver, thoug; /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00467.html (8,340 bytes)
14. Re: Front Seat Travel (score: 1): Author: ckotting@wideopenwest.com; Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 11:18:48 -0500; I've got news for you Max, the Midget is even >harder< for a short person to drive. The distance between the steering wheel and the pedals is longer than in a B, so if you get the seat where a 5-foot; /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00478.html (7,851 bytes)
15. Re: Front Seat Travel (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:21:46 -0700; Hmm, I was working from the observation that the Midget is impossible for a tall person to drive (seat rearward travel severely constrained, knees interfere with steering wheel so impossible to opera; /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00481.html (8,439 bytes)
16. Re: Front Seat Travel (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 11:52:19 -0700; ??? Maybe they moved the pedals by 74, or used a thinner seatback, but in a 67 Midget, with the seat back against the bulkhead, I used to find my knees bent at a 90-degree angle, wrapped around the b; /html/mgs/2003-09/msg00482.html (9,601 bytes)

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