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1. Ok, why didn't you tell me... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 21:33:17 -0600; I've been on the list for what, 8 months now and no one bothered to tell me.. you had the chance, I mean some of you have to be taller than I, and no one bothered to mention that I'm going to be driv; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00342.html (7,323 bytes)
2. Re: Ok, why didn't you tell me... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 23:47:43 -0600; Look in the archives under "femoral reduction surgery". A required process for LBC ownership. We all have long bodies and short legs as a result. We thought you knew..... ;-) Cheers!! Jim - Alias "S; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00346.html (8,270 bytes)
3. RE: Ok, why didn't you tell me... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 3:10:7 -0500; lester, i'm over 6'4" and i drive mine with the hard top on it. so what's the problem? i do not understand. i drove mine when i weighed 453lbs too! i still do not understand? chuck.; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00348.html (8,203 bytes)
4. Re: Ok, why didn't you tell me... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 09:12:58 EST; I am a mere 6' -1", but have found that the original Bugeye seats give you about 2" more leg room. I did everything I could think of to jam back a pair of MGB seats in the midget. Took off the tracks; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00349.html (7,993 bytes)
5. Re: Ok, why didn't you tell me... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 09:25:44 -0600; Ok Chuck, it is painfully obvious that you MUST have VERY short legs. I mean I have "normal" legs and my knees are pretty damn bent ergo... ;-) I Mean the D racer has more room!!! Lester; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00351.html (9,139 bytes)
6. Re: Ok, why didn't you tell me... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 13:35:7 -0500; ummm after years of driving numerous cars in shops and of friends and my own i do not think twice about my driving a car with bent legs as nothing made, that i have ever driven, ever really "fit " me; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00354.html (10,898 bytes)
7. Re: Ok, why didn't you tell me... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 08:01:25 -0600 with any abuse report; I confess, I bribed all of the rest of the list members to keep quiet. The idea is that now that you have completed a 105-point concours restoration of that Bugeye and found that you cannot drive it; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00357.html (8,370 bytes)
8. Re: Ok, why didn't you tell me... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:48:20 -0600; I KNEW IT! Here I go, have the car stripped, painted, I find all of the right original stuff, put a new interior in it, add the Supercharger (Well, not yet but that's next), new stuff all around and; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00360.html (9,584 bytes)
9. Re: Ok, why didn't you tell me... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:18:19 -0600; By any chance are your seat rails stuck? Chris K.; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00361.html (9,356 bytes)
10. Re: Ok, why didn't you tell me... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:57:31 -0600; Nope, everything stripped almost to the bare bones, seat rails all clean and lubed, seat back just about touching the rear bulkhead. Lester; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00362.html (9,618 bytes)
11. Re: Ok, why didn't you tell me... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:38:40 -0600 with any abuse report; OK, so how tall are you, Lester? I am a tad over 6'1" and my pants are 33" inseams, and I find my 1972 Midget to be very comfortable. I have logged over 5000 miles this year in it and I can assure yo; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00366.html (8,994 bytes)
12. Re: Ok, why didn't you tell me... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:08:37 -0800 (PST); You can try raising the front of the seat about an inch by using a spacer between the floor and seat rails. This will tip the whole seat backwards and give you some extra leg room. But if Chuck and; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00369.html (9,357 bytes)
13. Re: Ok, why didn't you tell me... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 21:29:49 -0500; I saw chuck driving his bugeye when he weighed 400 plus. And it was not local for both of us. Encounter in Princeton maybe. 3 hours for him. He is NOT short, in fact he has some long legs. He was a b; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00374.html (9,064 bytes)
14. Re: Ok, why didn't you tell me... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:20:35 -0500; Now that he knows, does this mean we have to return the bribes. Dave; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00377.html (8,921 bytes)
15. Re: Ok, why didn't you tell me... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 08:05:52 -0600; sometimes my humor doesn't come across well, I've know Chuck the Greater (and Chuck the Lesser ) for a while, back when he was being banned for too much noise at Lime Rock..(IIRC) heh.. I was just b; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00378.html (9,058 bytes)
16. Re: Ok, why didn't you tell me... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 07:43:46 -0800; Hi Lester, One thing that I don't recall hearing discussed is the thickness of the seat back. If it's been reupholstered by a local guy with thicker material, that takes away a lot of leg room. So gu; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00380.html (9,204 bytes)
17. Re: Ok, why didn't you tell me... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 10:28:49 -0600; Ok, it does have new upholstery and none of it is horse hair (although some of it is wood!!!) and it is thicker but it's not 6 inches thicker... Oh, the car isn't really going for free, just for cost; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00382.html (9,907 bytes)
18. Re: Ok, why didn't you tell me... (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:30:57 -0800; -- Original Message -- From "Lester Ewing" <lewing at sport.rr.com> To: "Paul Asgeirsson" Arwww, Shucks! (LOL) Pa; /html/spridgets/2004-11/msg00384.html (8,085 bytes)

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