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Old 11-26-2009, 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by mrmustang View Post
I know of at least one 6' 8" owner in the bunch, he lives in NYC, if I can remember his name I'll see if I can get you contact information, he has owned(or owns) both a SPF (427SC) and a ERA(289FIA)........
I don't know about an ERA fitting a 6' 8" guy. I'm skeptical. I have no seat tracks, light seat padding, seat moved back, pedals spaced out (12EEE) and moved forward (with the special Tilton clutch MC), and the car fits me just fine at 6' 4". I guess it would all depend on where you put that extra four inches. Two inches between your foot and knee is not the same as two inches between your belt and neck line. I'm not saying it can't be done, but I would definitely fly up to ERA and have a butt-in-seat test to make sure before I stroked a check. The last thing you want to do is be peering out over the windshield when you're driving the car -- that looks pretty stupid. In order to look cool, you have to be looking through the windshield.

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