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I may have failed to mention something that nearly caused me to pass on the opportunity to purchase this 100-6 - it doesn't fit me at all.
Or, to put it more accurately, I don't fit it. I am just a bit outside the target height range of 5'6" to 6'0" that Mr Healey designed the car's ergonomics to accommodate comfortably: I'm 5'0", a fact I have never let stop me from achieving a goal.
In this case, my legs were too short to get that clutch in all the way without sliding way down in the seat, which also neither adjusted close enough or rose high enough in the back to allow for safe braking or visibility. Searching this forum and other Healey online sources, I found and bought a couple of brake and clutch pedal extensions from Tom's Import Toy Sales These bolt right on and more importantly, come right back off if needed, so the originality of the car isn't permanently impacted. The guy was very pleasant to deal with, too.
This modification allowed me to drive the 250 miles home last weekend, but I still needed to do something about the seat height, and it had to be similarly reversible.
I have a couple of welders at my shop, though my own skills with them are limited at best. Nevertheless, it gave me the chance to put some brackets together out of stainless steel that moves the seat forward an inch, while elevating it up an inch in front and 2 1/2" inches in the back. This also gets the seat back to tilt forward about 10 degrees.
I tried it out today, putting another 125 miles on the car, with much more enjoyment and confidence. I might tweak it a bit, as I think it's too tall in the back and interferes with the lines of the car. But it's a start, and soon enough I'll have a long Michigan winter to think about it.
It was also rewarding to get the overdrive working. When I test drove the car and brought it home, it would go (when switched) into OD in fourth, and stay there until the ignition was shut off, regardless of the position of the switch. The previous owner indicated he thought this was normal, and that's how he apparently used the OD for the last 20 years. Didn't make sense to me.
Again, I used the search function and did some reading on line. First thing to check was the oil level in the trans, and sure enough, it was down .75 liter. After a bit of screwing around with throttle position I got it to operate consistently and predictably in 3rd and 4th, so as far as I can tell, everything on the car works at this point.
It was in the mid 40s with strong winds and the sun was struggling to throw a shadow all morning. Just like a perfect summer day in England, and I had a blast.
Or, to put it more accurately, I don't fit it. I am just a bit outside the target height range of 5'6" to 6'0" that Mr Healey designed the car's ergonomics to accommodate comfortably: I'm 5'0", a fact I have never let stop me from achieving a goal.
In this case, my legs were too short to get that clutch in all the way without sliding way down in the seat, which also neither adjusted close enough or rose high enough in the back to allow for safe braking or visibility. Searching this forum and other Healey online sources, I found and bought a couple of brake and clutch pedal extensions from Tom's Import Toy Sales These bolt right on and more importantly, come right back off if needed, so the originality of the car isn't permanently impacted. The guy was very pleasant to deal with, too.
This modification allowed me to drive the 250 miles home last weekend, but I still needed to do something about the seat height, and it had to be similarly reversible.
I have a couple of welders at my shop, though my own skills with them are limited at best. Nevertheless, it gave me the chance to put some brackets together out of stainless steel that moves the seat forward an inch, while elevating it up an inch in front and 2 1/2" inches in the back. This also gets the seat back to tilt forward about 10 degrees.
I tried it out today, putting another 125 miles on the car, with much more enjoyment and confidence. I might tweak it a bit, as I think it's too tall in the back and interferes with the lines of the car. But it's a start, and soon enough I'll have a long Michigan winter to think about it.
It was also rewarding to get the overdrive working. When I test drove the car and brought it home, it would go (when switched) into OD in fourth, and stay there until the ignition was shut off, regardless of the position of the switch. The previous owner indicated he thought this was normal, and that's how he apparently used the OD for the last 20 years. Didn't make sense to me.
Again, I used the search function and did some reading on line. First thing to check was the oil level in the trans, and sure enough, it was down .75 liter. After a bit of screwing around with throttle position I got it to operate consistently and predictably in 3rd and 4th, so as far as I can tell, everything on the car works at this point.
It was in the mid 40s with strong winds and the sun was struggling to throw a shadow all morning. Just like a perfect summer day in England, and I had a blast.
