Leg room WTF
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Cuda Hunter
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same size. Tight as can be. It's like strapping into a race car!
Or did your gut get bigger and your arms got smaller?
Or did your gut get bigger and your arms got smaller?
Haha...you may be right
DetMatt1
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I don’t think I would even bother owning one of these if I was your size. I’m a little over 6’ and It’s not easy for me to get in and out of mine. Although I know I’ve spoiled myself with an Imperial.
Huskidrive
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Sux being me,short and fat. If I can reach the clutch I get the steering wheel in the gut...If I move the seat back I have to shift without the clutch....
R4Sedan
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Yep, I was going to mention those. It definitely sucks getting older and putting on weight.
Yep, I was going to mention those. It definitely sucks getting older and putting on weight.
It's even tighter in a '69 Barracuda. If i were to relocate my seat back, I might need a longer shift handle. And the '69 wheel seems huge compared to my '05 truck.
i swapped out my oem wood wheel because the circumference is too large...as it is when i use the turn signal stalk making a left it hits my thigh
A buddy built this and couldn't fit into it. He now has a 70 Bee and loves it.
beautiful...i've had 3 B-bodies...2 E-bodies...and 1 A-body. I def fit the best in the 69 Roadrunner...but the 72 Demon wasn't bad either...i'm thinking of moving the seat tracks back
Not a bad idea. I didn't know that kit was available.
Avalanche
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You may need to move the seat belt bracket that bolts just behind the seat. If you install the relocation brackets. I don't think theres enough room, on my 70 challenger, the seat is right up against the seat belt bracket.
Thx! I didn't think about that
I am 6'5" and 235. What I do is I get the black plastic spacers that go between the seat and the floor on b-bodies. I put two in front which gets the seat too recline a bit, gives plenty of room after that. Easy, doesn't change any parts. I do it on all my b-bodies as well.
Avalanche
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How thick are the spacers?
Knock Out
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6-3 with long inseam 36" leg room is tough
I was 258 lbs last july 2019
on my way down to fighting weight 205
at 218 now much easier to enjoy the car
might still relocate seats
enjoy your car
p.s.
tough to lose weight at 58 years old
not even an inch, but remarkable what the slight recline buys you on room to your torso, head room and knee position.
Cratos
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Same here had a 72 back in the day but my 70 even with the seat all the way back snug getting in and the brake pedal is pita, I have to lift my foot 3-4 inches to come up to it. and the wheel blocks part of the speedo. I’m adding a ididit tilt column to fix it 
There’s always a solution to a problem...some better than others. I too am a giraffe so my fix was to have the seat tracks extended by an extremely COMPETENT metal fabricator such that tracks still go through the original mounting holes but you get more seat travel distance and totally undetectable. Not so great for anybody seated behind you but realistically that likely will never happen. Some nay sayers will point out safety concerns but if that track fails in a collision you likely have a bigger problem at hand.
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