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View Poll Results: How tall are you? | |
5' 3"
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5' 4"
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5' 5"
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5' 6"
|    | 9 | 5.36% | |
5' 7"
|    | 16 | 9.52% | |
5' 8"
|    | 23 | 13.69% | |
5' 9"
| | 14 | 8.33% | |
5' 10"
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5' 11"
| | 40 | 23.81% | |
I don't really fit in my GT40
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08-23-07, 01:01 PM
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| | 2124 5 Tenths 
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Rescue, CA GT40: Rescue, CA
Posts: 577
Rep Power: 10  |  How tall are you?
I am 5' 8" - recently while speaking to three other GT40 owners I realized that I was much taller than they are - felt unusually good. I am usually the shortest in the group.
In fact one of the guys I was talking to got out of his car and almost didn't have to bend over while walking out from under his open door! Just kidding, but it was close.
Which got me thinking - as a group we must be much shorter than, say, the Cobra guys....
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08-23-07, 01:06 PM
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| | kgschrader Rookie
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Magnolia, TX GT40: SPF MkII
Posts: 42
Rep Power: 3 | Re: How tall are you?
Some more voting options would help. 
I'm 6' 2"
And I fit, barely, with some seat mods, pedals all the way to the front, etc.
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08-23-07, 01:21 PM
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| | Bill D I Have No Life
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Camarillo, CA
Posts: 2,382
Rep Power: 34 | Re: How tall are you?
5'10" and shrinking. By the time my car is done, I'll be around 4'11"
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08-23-07, 02:51 PM
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| | Malcolm Gold Supporter 
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Surrey, UK GT40: GTD
Posts: 1,593
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1/8 inch under 6 ft and fit no problem. I agree, you need more voting options as you may be surprised how tall some guys can be and still fit. On Tuesday I had two 6ft 4 inch passengers but fortunately I was only taking them one at a time!
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GTD40, Mazda MAX5 MX5, Porsche 996 C4S
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08-23-07, 02:54 PM
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| | Big-Foot Gold Supporter
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN GT40: RCR40 - #45
Posts: 1,526
| Re: How tall are you?
Quote:
Originally Posted by kgschrader  Some more voting options would help.
I'm 6' 2"
And I fit, barely, with some seat mods, pedals all the way to the front, etc.
Kirby | At 6' 3" tall - I echo your message and raise it an inch...
I've not even sat in mine yet but Fran assures me that I will fit just fine and without a Gurney Bubble... | |
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08-23-07, 03:00 PM
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| | speed220mph A Tenth
Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: North Carolina GT40: ERA GT
Posts: 180
Rep Power: 7 |  Re: How tall are you?
This proves it, people of "normal" height own GT40s.
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08-23-07, 03:53 PM
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| | Russ Noble Lifetime Premier Supporter 
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Christchurch,NZ GT40: Building scratc
Posts: 1,406
Rep Power: 21 | Re: How tall are you?
Same as Randy: 6' 3"
The available poll choices will certainly screw the statistics!
Also Pat, don't a lot of Cobra guys graduate on to 40's? Do you think they shrink when they become '40 owners? 
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08-23-07, 04:41 PM
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| | IanAnderson Gold Supporter
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Heathrow, Londo GT40: Dax 40 Mk1 (Rov
Posts: 1,355
Rep Power: 19 | Re: How tall are you?
6'3"
I fit fine!
Ian
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08-23-07, 07:15 PM
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| | 2124 5 Tenths
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Rescue, CA GT40: Rescue, CA
Posts: 577
Rep Power: 10 | Re: How tall are you?
Sorry about the choices - there are 10 options offered and, based on what I have seen, I decided to go with the 5' 3" to 5' 11" stretch.....I really didn't think there would be any real big guys doing this!
I see a couple of guys at 5' 4" so I'm glad I started down there -
I also figured that if there was anyone outside the parameters listed they would speak up.
I was right!
I'm waiting for the guy who is 4' 11" to speak up.
Russ - yes!
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08-23-07, 08:55 PM
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| | Lumpy Rookie 
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Perth, Australia GT40: DRB
Posts: 56
Rep Power: 3 | Re: How tall are you?
6'4"
No Gurney Bubble. Front Bulkhead located further forward.
I fit fine. Just like a glove, but it was made to measure!
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08-24-07, 12:38 AM
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| | Dalton 4 Tenths
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney, Aust.
Posts: 438
Rep Power: 8 | Re: How tall are you?
I'm 6'5" but shrinking. Peter Ransom says I can fit in one of his DRB's if constructed with the extended footwell (100mm) and lowered seat floor options. I don't race so don't need space for a helmet. I have tried a friend's Cobra and almost became a double amputee. No legroom or space at all, but possibly a bad example. By the time you've built a Cobra, you've taken a lot of thickness out of your wallet. And the rest you fork out getting to your GT40, so you can sit quite a bit lower without that in your hip pocket.
Cheery thought,
Dalton | |
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08-24-07, 11:05 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 2
Rep Power: 3 | Re: How tall are you?
I am 5'7" with a CAV spaceframe and without helmet there is adequate headroom but with helmet driving aggresively I am constantly contacting the top of the door. In order to give rides to taller riders i remove the passenger seat and put a blanket on the floor which makes it just right for those over 6'3".
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08-24-07, 12:16 PM
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| | David Briggs Bronze Supporter
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: San Diego GT40: SPF MKI #2214
Posts: 469
Rep Power: 9 | Re: How tall are you?
The new CAV's will accomodate drivers well over 6 foot, the floors have been dropped, seats are thinner and more supportive and the pedal assembly is adjustable.
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08-24-07, 12:40 PM
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| | Gary Kadrmas Silver Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Oregon, USA GT40: Not yet, but so
Posts: 712
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Well,
I am 6-0, and when I sat in Lynn Miners MkII, I could fit inside with the door closed with a straw hat on. He does have a Gurney Bubble.
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08-24-07, 04:38 PM
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| | joebrown Rookie
Join Date: May 2007 Location: England
Posts: 33
Rep Power: 2 | Re: How tall are you?
I'm only 5'6" and all these blokes sayin theyre 6'+ and fit fine has got me worried. when i get my GT40, i'm not even gonna be able to see out! (or i could use a booster seat, how embarassing!)
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08-24-07, 07:16 PM
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| | 40bud 7 Tenths
Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: San Francosco a GT40: GTD Finished in
Posts: 710
Rep Power: 15 | Re: How tall are you?
I am 6' and fit in my GTD with a helmet on. My floor is lowered 1" and my seats are mounted on adjusting type runners. | |
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08-24-07, 07:28 PM
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| | jerry A Tenth
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Someret,England GT40: Roaring Forties
Posts: 124
Rep Power: 6 | Re: How tall are you?
Hi,
6' 3" and fit in the RF fine with no gurney. I've tried other manufactures gt40s and found them too small for me(couldn't get the door shut on one of them-head was poking out to much!)
Jerry
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08-24-07, 09:44 PM
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| | Dalton 4 Tenths
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney, Aust.
Posts: 438
Rep Power: 8 | Re: How tall are you?
Don't worry Joe, you "ll be able to have seat rails and proper seat adjustment and set up a very comfortable driving position, while the rest of us can't move.
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08-25-07, 02:23 AM
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| | Pete Lifetime Premier Supporter
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Brisbane, Austr GT40: GT40 Australia.
Posts: 3,032
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6'5'' Dalton I bet you would make a terrific point guard. 
I'm 5' 9" and rapidly getting shorter and wider. P.R. made me three different thicknesses of seat cushion,
1. very slim to accommodate all size passengers,
2. One to fit me with helmet on.
3. One thicker to enable my slim and beautiful wife to drive. Used once with me sh*ting myself as she threw it sideways around the block only to get out and say, "to bloody claustrophobic, I prefer my Cooper S" 
She is blonde.
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