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The Shop => Inside Your Eagle => Topic started by: recomer on May 30, 2012, 02:37:29 PM

Title: Interior Legroom
Post by: recomer on May 30, 2012, 02:37:29 PM
Anyone done anything to adjust legroom in the front of their Eagle? I'm 6'4" tall and Im always having a problem with my right knee contacting the shifter. From time to time, I end up bumping it into neutral (knee is hitting the button)

Thanks,

Rich
Title: Re: Interior Legroom
Post by: Prafeston on May 30, 2012, 02:46:20 PM
One of the pros of being 5'6" :) I could be comfortable in a Geo Metro! :)
Title: Re: Interior Legroom
Post by: Whuntmore on May 30, 2012, 06:36:51 PM
that sucks.  I'm 6'3" and I don't find the eagle too bad for leg room... it's not great but I've got the seat all the way back and I find it ok...
Title: Re: Interior Legroom
Post by: jim on May 30, 2012, 08:29:21 PM
I had a friend who was 6'7" tall when he got a 64 1/2 Mustang.  He couldn't get in it.  The Ford dealer drilled new holes and moved the seat back.  I don't know whether the seat rails or floor could be modified in an Eagle.  I would want to know it wasn't going anywhere in case of a collision.
Title: Re: Interior Legroom
Post by: AMC of Houston on May 30, 2012, 08:45:41 PM
Altho I haven't tried it on an Eagle, I have made some more leg room on other older cars by unbolting the seat tracks from the seat frame, and making some new bolt holes on the track and/or seat frame that allowed me to bolt the seat to the frame in a "farther-back" position.   Like I said; don't know if its doable on an Eagle.
Title: Re: Interior Legroom
Post by: carnuck on May 30, 2012, 09:50:14 PM
I did that with a plate between and 1inch "hockey pucks" between the plates and brackets for a lift since I'm 6' tall
Title: Re: Interior Legroom
Post by: 83Eagle! on May 30, 2012, 11:33:42 PM
I took out the driver's seat and track in my Bronco II in high school and had a friend help me bolt it to the floor further back.  It worked well.  Rearended a Grand Cherokee who stopped short with no lights on and the seat didn't budge.  Neither did anything on that rig.  Can't say the same for the Grand Cherokee.