Too tall for a Corvette?
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From: Douglasville GA
Too tall for a Corvette?
Ok, I read the posts about earlier Corvettes and what my options are and I appreciate all the feedback. Now I am looking at an 88 35th Anniversary Edition and quite frankly I fell in love with this car. The color scheme is exactly what I want and it got high marks from my wife who will be driving some of the time. So my question is still what can be done with this later model coupe to move the seat back a bit. Will I encounter the same problems with the frame coming up close to the back of the seat. Any help would be appreciated.
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From: Orange Park Florida
Re: Too tall for a Corvette? (TFox)
This is the C3 forum, for sharks, and as such is really not quite the correct place to ask that type questions...but I can give you a general answer as I used to own an '87......
I"m 6'5", and as such found the car cramped....headroom was barely adequate, but now, nearly 7 years later, I suspect it would NOT suffice...
I"m age 58 and arthritic as hell.....
most cars with a bulkhead in back of the seats like ours, can't be messed with behind the seat, so modify the seating....take out the power adjustment rack, say...to lower the seat...flop it to the rear an inch or so....
OR you could do what I did, cut the floorboard across the bottom of the footwell, and up each side, swing the firewall section forward, without moving the steering column, and bend the pedals downward/forward.....that gives about 3 inches more legroom....HUGE differance for ME in my '72....
I found the seating in my '87 was very uncomfortably NARROW...correctable with later seats...but a PIA....and expensive....
GENE
I"m 6'5", and as such found the car cramped....headroom was barely adequate, but now, nearly 7 years later, I suspect it would NOT suffice...
I"m age 58 and arthritic as hell.....
most cars with a bulkhead in back of the seats like ours, can't be messed with behind the seat, so modify the seating....take out the power adjustment rack, say...to lower the seat...flop it to the rear an inch or so....
OR you could do what I did, cut the floorboard across the bottom of the footwell, and up each side, swing the firewall section forward, without moving the steering column, and bend the pedals downward/forward.....that gives about 3 inches more legroom....HUGE differance for ME in my '72....
I found the seating in my '87 was very uncomfortably NARROW...correctable with later seats...but a PIA....and expensive....
GENE
